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The contextual‐level effects of social trust on health in transitional countries: Instrumental variable analysis of 26 countries

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  • Nazim Habibov
  • Alex Cheung

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We analyse the effect of contextual‐level social capital on health status in a sample of 26 transitional countries of Central and South Europe, Mongolia, and the former Soviet Union for 2006‐2010 (N = 51 911). Contextual‐level social capital is conceptualized as country‐level social trust, while health status is conceptualized as self‐rated health. We use ordinary least squares and instrumental variable regressions to address endogeneity and especially to rule out reverse causality. Both instrumental variable and ordinary least squares regressions suggest a strong positive effect of country‐level trust on health. This finding is consistent for the whole sample as well as separate regional estimations.

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  • Nazim Habibov & Alex Cheung, 2018. "The contextual‐level effects of social trust on health in transitional countries: Instrumental variable analysis of 26 countries," International Journal of Health Planning and Management, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 33(1), pages 225-234, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:ijhplm:v:33:y:2018:i:1:p:225-234
    DOI: 10.1002/hpm.2427
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    1. Peter Dolton & Mehmet Kutluay & Richard S.J. Tol, 2019. "Attitudes Towards Public Health Spending: The Case of the National Health Service in the United Kingdom," Working Paper Series 0719, Department of Economics, University of Sussex Business School.

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