Did post-communist privatization increase mortality?

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John S. Earle, Scott Gehlbach
Comparative Economic Studies, vol. 53, 2011, pp. 239-260

DOI: 10.1057/ces.2011.8

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Earle, J. S., & Gehlbach, S. (2011). Did post-communist privatization increase mortality? Comparative Economic Studies, 53, 239–260. https://doi.org/10.1057/ces.2011.8

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Earle, John S., and Scott Gehlbach. “Did Post-Communist Privatization Increase Mortality?” Comparative Economic Studies 53 (2011): 239–260.

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Earle, John S., and Scott Gehlbach. “Did Post-Communist Privatization Increase Mortality?” Comparative Economic Studies, vol. 53, 2011, pp. 239–60, doi:10.1057/ces.2011.8.

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@article{earle2011a,
  title = {Did post-communist privatization increase mortality?},
  year = {2011},
  journal = {Comparative Economic Studies},
  pages = {239-260},
  volume = {53},
  doi = {10.1057/ces.2011.8},
  author = {Earle, John S. and Gehlbach, Scott}
}

Abstract

We reexamine the recent controversy over the possibility that mass enterprise privatization raised mortality in post-communist countries. Our analysis demonstrates that the country-level correlation of privatization and mortality reported in previous research is not robust to recomputing the mass-privatization measure, to assuming a short lag for economic policies to affect mortality, and to controlling for country-specific mortality trends. Our analysis of data from Russian regions also finds no evidence that privatization increased mortality. Finally, we show that there is little support for the assertion that privatization could have influenced mortality by increasing unemployment.

Abram Bergson Prize for best paper published in Comparative Economic Studies in the previous two years. See also summary, published in the Lancet.