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Household expenditure and child health in Vietnam: analysis of longitudinal data

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  • Trong-Anh TRINH

    (School of Economics, Finance and Marketing, RMIT University, Melbourne)

  • Preety SRIVASTAVA

    (School of Economics, Finance and Marketing, RMIT University, Melbourne)

  • Sarah BROWN

    (Department of Economics, University of Sheffield)

Abstract

While the relationship between socioeconomic status and child health has been studied extensively in developed countries, evidence is limited for developing countries. This study makes an important contribution by examining the relationship between child health and household socioeconomic status in Vietnam, using household expenditure as an alternative measure. This also allows us to explore the mechanisms via which income affects child health, in which household consumption arguably plays a crucial role. We employ different measures of health that allow us to examine both long-run and short-run effects, and two alternative instrumental variables, the unemployment rate and rainfall deviation, to address the potential endogeneity of household expenditure. We find evidence of a strong positive impact of household expenditure on child health and the findings are consistent across age groups. Specifically, a 10% increase in expenditure will result in a weight gain of 213–541 g in a “typical” child. We also explore the effect of a range of exogenous adverse economic shocks on children's health.

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  • Trong-Anh TRINH & Preety SRIVASTAVA & Sarah BROWN, 2022. "Household expenditure and child health in Vietnam: analysis of longitudinal data," JODE - Journal of Demographic Economics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 88(3), pages 351-377, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:ctl:louvde:v:88:y:2022:i:3:p:351-377
    DOI: 10.1017/dem.2020.24
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    1. Mizuochi, Masaaki, 2024. "The health consequences of returning to work after retirement: Evidence from a Japanese longitudinal survey," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 52(C).

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    Keywords

    BMI; Child death; Household expenditure; Socioeconomic status; Vietnam;
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    JEL classification:

    • C3 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables
    • I1 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health
    • D1 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior

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