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The mortality crisis in transitional economies /

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Corporate Author: United Nations University
Other Authors: Cornia, Giovanni Andrea, Paniccià, Renato
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford : New York : Oxford University Press : United Nations University, 2000.
Series:Studies in development economics.
Subjects:
Mortality > Europe, Eastern.
Health > Social aspects > Europe, Eastern.
Life expectancy > Europe, Eastern.
Mortality > Russia (Federation)
Health > Social aspects > Russia (Federation)
Life expectancy > Russia (Federation)
Former Soviet republics > Economic conditions.
Commonwealth of Independent States.
Mortality > trends > Europe, Eastern.
Life Expectancy > trends > Europe, Eastern.
Socioeconomic Factors > Europe, Eastern.
Table of Contents:
  • The transition mortality crisis: evidence, interpretation and policy responses / Giovanni Andrea Cornia and Renato Paniccià
  • Mortality crises in a historical perspective: the European experience / Massimo Livi Bacci
  • Short-term, long-term, and hysteresis mortality models: a review / Giovanni Andrea Cornia
  • Alcohol as a cause of mortality in societies undergoing rapid transition to market economy / Jacek Moskalewicz, Bogdan Wojtyniak and Daniel Rabczenko
  • Transition, impoverishment, and mortality: how large an impact? / Renato Paniccià
  • Psychosocial and biological mechanisms behind the recent mortality crisis in Central and Eastern Europe / Michael Marmot and Martin Bobak
  • Rising unemployment and coping strategies: the case of the Novosibirsk Oblast in Russia / Natalia Tchernina
  • Transition, health production, and medical system effectiveness / Christopher Davis
  • Fighting unemployment and stress: labour market policies in Central and Eastern Europe / Alena Nesporova
  • The mortality crisis in East Germany / Regina T. Riphahn and Klaus F. Zimmermann
  • Population crisis and rising mortality in transitional Russia / Vladimir M. Shkolnikov and Giovanni Andrea Cornia
  • The mortality consequences of the transition to market economy in Latvia, 1991-1995 / Juris Krumins and Uldis Usackis
  • The decline of mortality in the Czech Republic during the transition: a counterfactual case study / Jiri Blazek and Dagmar Dzúrová
  • Economic restructuring and mortality changes in Argentina: is there any connection? / Felix Abdala, Rosa N. Geldstein, and Sonia M. Mychaszula
  • When the welfare state works: unemployment and mortality in Finland / Markus Jäntti, Pekka Martikainen, and Tapani Valkonen
  • Labour market changes and mental illness in Denmark during the 1980s / Tor Eriksson
  • The impact of income dynamics on mortality in the United States / Peggy McDonough ... [et al.].