The Russian health crisis and the economy

Authors
Citation
V. Kontorovich, The Russian health crisis and the economy, COMM POST-C, 34(2), 2001, pp. 221-240
Citations number
43
Categorie Soggetti
Politucal Science & public Administration
Journal title
COMMUNIST AND POST-COMMUNIST STUDIES
ISSN journal
0967067X → ACNP
Volume
34
Issue
2
Year of publication
2001
Pages
221 - 240
Database
ISI
SICI code
0967-067X(200106)34:2<221:TRHCAT>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
Russia experienced a severe health crisis in the 1990s. as reflected by a d rop in life expectancy. It has been suggested in literature that this poor state of health is likely to endure and will significantly retard economic growth in the country. This paper uses evidence from other former Communist countries and studies of income-health relationship across economies to ev aluate these claims. It concludes that the mortality increases of 1988-94 a nd 1999-2000 were the effects, rather than causes, of the economic recessio n. The state of health is unlikely to put a brake on future economic growth . (C) 2001 The Regents of the University of California. Published by Elsevi er Science Ltd. All rights reserved.