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The effect of rapid privatisation on mortality in mono-industrial towns in post-Soviet Russia: a retrospective cohort study

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  • Azarova, Aytalina
  • Irdam, Darja
  • Gugushvili, Alexi
  • Fazekas, Mihaly
  • Scheiring, Gábor
  • Horvat, Pia
  • Stefler, Denes
  • Kolesnikova, Irina
  • Popov, Vladimir
  • Szelenyi, Ivan
  • Stuckler, David
  • Marmot, Michael
  • Murphy, Michael
  • McKee, Martin
  • Bobak, Martin
  • King, Lawrence

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Population-level data suggest that economic disruptions in the early 1990s increased working-age male mortality in post-Soviet countries. This study uses individual-level data, using an indirect estimation method, to test the hypothesis that fast privatisation increased mortality in Russia.

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  • Azarova, Aytalina & Irdam, Darja & Gugushvili, Alexi & Fazekas, Mihaly & Scheiring, Gábor & Horvat, Pia & Stefler, Denes & Kolesnikova, Irina & Popov, Vladimir & Szelenyi, Ivan & Stuckler, David & Mar, 2017. "The effect of rapid privatisation on mortality in mono-industrial towns in post-Soviet Russia: a retrospective cohort study," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 73617, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
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    1. Cornia, Giovanni Andrea & Paniccia, Renato (ed.), 2000. "The Mortality Crisis in Transitional Economies," OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press, number 9780198297413.
    2. Marmot, Michael & Bobak, Martin, 2005. "Social and economic changes and health in Europe East and West," European Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 13(1), pages 15-31, February.
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