CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2019
| Author | Dmitrieva, Nina Aleksandrovna |
|---|---|
| Title | The Russian mortality crisis of 1991-2005: causes, outcomes and consequences |
| Summary | In the period 1991-2005, the Russian economy experienced a major transformational recession with depressed output, increased unemployment rates and, most importantly, shooting mortality indicators. In just seven years (from 1987 to 1994) the death rates soared by more than 60%, with life expectancy going down from 70 to only 64 years (Gerry et al., 2010). The mortality crisis that lasted more than two decades represent an unprecedented case in the peaceful history of the country. While many of the underlying crisis causes remain unexplained, it is now agreed in the academic literature that there are two major stances on it: the stress-related and alcohol-related hypotheses, which were analyzed in-depths in this thesis. The root-cause analysis was backed up with quantitative research. A fixed effects model with region and year dummies was run on regional panel data. This analysis confirms that privatization, unemployment and oil prices are associated with increased male adult mortality in Russia (statistically significant coefficient with robust clustered standard errors were calculated). The implications of this research are far-reaching, with contribution to both social sciences academic literature and practical policy-making process. The potential limitations of the devised models and directions of future research are discussed in the last section of this thesis. |
| Supervisor | Mihályi, Péter |
| Department | Economics MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2019/dmitrieva_nina.pdf |
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