For Health, Strength, and Daily Food
The Dual Impact of Remittances and Public Health Expenditure on Household Health Spending and Child Health Outcomes
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20304141 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sophia C Terrelonge (Binghamton University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 10 |
| Pages | 1397-1410 |
| Publication date | 2014-10-03 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Development Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0388 • E-ISSN: 1743-9140 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00220388.2014.940911 |
| OpenAlex | W2029692678 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 12 |
Child and infant mortality in developing countries decreased 33.5 per cent and 30.9 per cent, respectively, during 1995–2009, while remittances and public health spending more than doubled. I examine how remittances and government health spending improve these child health outcomes. Neither government health spending nor remittances causally affect household health spending. Public health spending has an insignificant negative impact on mortality. The increase in remittances causally accounts for 32 per cent and 37 per cent of the decline in child and infant mortality, respectively. Remittances reduce mortality through improved living standards from the relaxation of households’ budget constraints
Affect (linguistics) · Child mortality · Demographic economics · Developing country · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Government (linguistics) · Government spending · Health care · Health insurance · Health spending · Infant mortality · Political science · Public health · Public spending · Welfare · Global Health Care Issues · Medicine · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Psychology
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| Citations per year | 1.11 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2017 - 2026 (10) |
| Highly cited | No |