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Do economic crises lead to health and nutrition behavior responses?: analysis using longitudinal data from Russia

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  • Nikoloski, Zlatko
  • Ajwad, Mohamed Ihsan

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Using longitudinal data on more than 2,000 Russian families spanning the period between 2007 and 2010, this paper estimates the impact of the 2009 global financial crisis on food expenditures, health care expenditures, and doctor visits in Russia. The primary estimation strategy adopted is the semi-parametric difference-in-difference with propensity score matching technique. The analysis finds that household health and nutritional behavior indicators do not vary statistically between households that were crisis-affected and households that were not affected by the crisis. However the analysis finds that crisis-affected poor families curtailed their out-of-pocket health expenditures during and after the crisis more than poor families that were not affected by the crisis did. In addition, crisis-affected vulnerable groups changed their health behavior. In particular, households with low educational attainment of household heads and households with more elderly people changed their health and nutrition behavior response when affected by the crisis. The results are invariant to the propensity score matching techniques and parametric fixed effects estimation models.

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  • Nikoloski, Zlatko & Ajwad, Mohamed Ihsan, 2013. "Do economic crises lead to health and nutrition behavior responses?: analysis using longitudinal data from Russia," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 51227, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
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    1. KAYA Halil Dincer, 2018. "The Global Crisis And Poverty," Studies in Business and Economics, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Faculty of Economic Sciences, vol. 13(3), pages 63-73, December.
    2. Nazim Habibov & Alena Auchynnikava & Rong Luo & Lida Fan, 2019. "Effects of the 2008 global financial crisis on population health," International Journal of Health Planning and Management, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 34(1), pages 327-353, January.
    3. Md. Mizanur Rahman & Md. Rashedul Islam & Md. Shafiur Rahman & Fahima Hossain & Ashraful Alam & Md. Obaidur Rahman & Jenny Jung & Shamima Akter, 2022. "Forgone healthcare and financial burden due to out-of-pocket payments in Bangladesh: a multilevel analysis," Health Economics Review, Springer, vol. 12(1), pages 1-11, December.
    4. Halil D. Kaya, 2016. "Economic Crises and Human Development: A Comparison of Developed versus Developing Countries," International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, Human Resource Management Academic Research Society, International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, vol. 6(6), pages 231-245, June.
    5. Halil D. Kaya, 2016. "How do Economic Crises Affect Regional Human Development? An Investigation of the 2008 Global Crisis," International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, Human Resource Management Academic Research Society, International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, vol. 6(6), pages 138-149, June.
    6. Halil D. Kaya, 2016. "The Impact of the 2008 Global Crisis on Human Development: An Examination of the Human Assets Index," International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, Human Resource Management Academic Research Society, International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, vol. 6(2), pages 42-56, February.

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    Keywords

    income shocks; coping strategy; crisis; health;
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    JEL classification:

    • J17 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Value of Life; Foregone Income
    • J63 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Turnover; Vacancies; Layoffs
    • P46 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Other Economic Systems - - - Consumer Economics; Health; Education and Training; Welfare, Income, Wealth, and Poverty

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