Income, health, and well-being in rural Malawi
Income, health, and well-being in rural Malawi
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DOI：
10.4054/demres.2010.23.35
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发表时间：
2010-11-19
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2.1
通讯作者：
Chin, Brian
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作者：
Chin, Brian
本文试图利用马拉维传播和观念变革项目（MDICP）和马拉维纵向研究的2004-2008年三波家庭面板数据，分离出马拉维农村人口收入与健康状况和主观幸福感的因果关系。家庭与健康研究（MLSFH）。马拉维是一个低收入国家，本底发病率和死亡率高，艾滋病流行，生育率高，生殖健康状况差。工具变量和固定效应策略被用来试图解决收入与健康关系的内隐性。分析表明，收入每增加10%，马拉维农村人口的平均总体健康状况就会改善1.0%，平均主观幸福感会改善1.2%。
This paper attempts to isolate the causal link of income on health status and subjective well-being for the rural population in Malawi using three waves of household panel data spanning the period 2004-2008 from the Malawi Diffusion and Ideational Change Project (MDICP) and the Malawi Longitudinal Study of Families and Health (MLSFH). Malawi is a low-income country with high background morbidity and mortality, as well as an AIDS epidemic, high fertility, and poor reproductive health. Instrumental variables and fixed effects strategies are used to try to address endogeneity of the income to health relationship. The analyses show that a 10% increase in income improves mean general health status of rural Malawians by 1.0% and mean subjective well-being by 1.2%.