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      The resource curse and child mortality, 1961–2011

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      Author(s)
      Wigley, S.
      Date
      2017
      Source Title
      Social Science and Medicine
      Print ISSN
      0277-9536
      Publisher
      Elsevier Ltd
      Volume
      176
      Pages
      142 - 148
      Language
      English
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      Article
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      Abstract
      There is now an extensive literature on the adverse effect of petroleum wealth on the political, economic and social well-being of a country. In this study we examine whether the so-called resource curse extends to the health of children, as measured by under-five mortality. We argue that the type of revenue available to governments in petroleum-rich countries reduces their incentive to improve child health. Whereas the type of revenue available to governments in petroleum-poor countries encourages policies designed to improve child health. In order to test that line of argument we employ a panel of 167 countries (all countries with populations above 250,000) for the years 1961–2011. We find robust evidence that petroleum-poor countries outperform petroleum-rich countries when it comes to reducing under-five mortality. This suggests that governments in oil abundant countries often fail to effectively use the resource windfall at their disposal to improve child health.
      Keywords
      Country fixed-effects
      Human capital
      Panel data
      Resource curse
      Under-five mortality
      Child health
      Child mortality
      Energy use
      Health policy
      Human capital
      Panel data
      Socioeconomic impact
      Twentieth century
      Twenty first century
      Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
      Country economic status
      Economic development
      Health care cost
      Health care financing
      Health care planning
      Human
      Human immunodeficiency virus infection
      Petrochemical industry
      Resource allocation
      Tax
      Child
      Developing country
      Economics
      Income
      Politics
      Preschool child
      Statistics and numerical data
      Trends
      Utilization
      Petroleum
      Preschool
      Developing countries
      Health resources
      Petroleum
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      http://hdl.handle.net/11693/37326
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      http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.01.038
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