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Health and rapid economic change in the late twentieth century

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  • Hertzman, Clyde
  • Siddiqi, Arjumand

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Rapidly expanding economies, such as the post-war Tiger Economies, are associated with increasing health and rapidly contracting economies, such as Central and Eastern Europe in the early 1990s, are associated with declining health. In Central and Eastern Europe health decline in association with economic contraction has been mediated by changes in income distribution and, also, by health-determining aspects of civil society. The nations of Central and Eastern Europe are an example of swift economic and political transformation occurring concurrently with economic decline; with increasing disparity in income distributions; and with high levels of distrust in civil institutions. Concurrent with these declines was a marked reduction in health status, described here in terms of life expectancy. Conversely, the nations of Southeast Asia experienced rapid economic growth and increasing life expectancies. Though data are scarce, the experience of the Tiger Economies appears to be one of economic growth; a virtuous cycle of increased investment in education and housing; and increasing parity in income distribution based upon a relatively equitable distribution of returns on education.

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  • Hertzman, Clyde & Siddiqi, Arjumand, 2000. "Health and rapid economic change in the late twentieth century," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 51(6), pages 809-819, September.
  • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:51:y:2000:i:6:p:809-819
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    1. Zimmer, Zachary & Prachuabmoh, Vipan, 2012. "Comparing the socioeconomic status – Health gradient among adults 50 and older across rural and urban areas of Thailand in 1994 and 2007," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 74(12), pages 1921-1928.
    2. Solveig Argeseanu Cunningham, 2009. "Causes of Fluctuating Mortality in Romania," European Journal of Population, Springer;European Association for Population Studies, vol. 25(2), pages 197-214, May.
    3. Hopkins, Sandra, 2006. "Economic stability and health status: Evidence from East Asia before and after the 1990s economic crisis," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 75(3), pages 347-357, February.

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