The Mortality Crisis in Transitional Economies

, by Cornia, Giovanni Andrea; Paniccià, Renato

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ISBN: 9780198297413 | 0198297416
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 10/19/2000

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This book is the first comprehensive assessment of the mortality crisis in transitional economies. Contributions by demographers, economists, sociologists, epidemiologists, and health experts provide a rigorous analysis of the upsurge in mortality rates, with the aim of contributing to the launch of vigorous policies to tackle the crisis.

List of Contributors

xiii

List of Figures

xvii

List of Tables

xix

PART I. THE MORTALITY CRISIS OF THE EARLY 1990S: A HISTORICAL AND THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVE

The Transition Mortality Crisis: Evidence, Interpretation and Policy Responses

(35)

Giovanni Andrea Cornia

Renato Paniccia

Mortality Crises in a Historical Perspective: The European Experience

(21)

Massimo Livi Bacci

Short-term, Long-term, and Hysteresis Mortality Models: A Review

(24)

Giovanni Andrea Cornia

PART II. UNDERLYING CAUSES OF THE MORTALITY CRISES

Alcohol as a Cause of Mortality in Societies Undergoing Rapid Transition to Market Economy

(22)

Jacek Moskalewicz

Bogdan Wojtyniak

Daniel Rabczenko

Transition, Impoverishment, and Mortality: How Large an Impact?

105

(22)

Renato Paniccia

Psychosocial and Biological Mechanisms behind the Recent Mortality Crisis in Central and Eastern Europe

127

(24)

Michael Marmot

Martin Bobak

PART III. INDIVIDUAL AND PUBLIC RESPONSES

Rising Unemployment and Coping Strategies: The Case of the Novosibirsk Oblast in Russia

151

(23)

Natalia Tchernina

Transition, Health Production, and Medical System Effectiveness

174

(30)

Christopher Davis

Fighting Unemployment and Stress: Labour Market Policies in Central and Eastern Europe

204

(23)

Alena Nesporova

PART IV. EVIDENCE FROM SELECTED COUNTRY CASE STUDIES

The Mortality Crisis in East Germany

227

(26)

Regina T. Riphahn

Klaus F. Zimmermann

Population Crisis and Rising Mortality in Transitional Russia

253

(27)

Vladimir M. Shkolnikov

Giovanni Andrea Cornia

The Mortality Consequences of the Transition to Market Economy in Latvia, 1991-1995

280

(23)

Juris Krumins

Uldis Usackis

The Decline of Mortality in the Czech Republic during the Transition: A Counterfactual Case Study

303

(25)

Jiri Blazek

Dagmar Dzurova

Economic Restructuring and Mortality Changes in Argentina: Is There any Connection?

328

(23)

Felix Abdala

Rosa N. Geldstein

Sonia M. Mychaszula

When the Welfare State Works: Unemployement and Mortality in Finland

351

(19)

Markus Jantti

Pekka Martikainen

Tapani Valkonen

Labour Market Changes and Mental Illness in Denmark during the 1980s

370

(22)

Tor Eriksson

The Impact of Income Dynamics on Mortality in the United States

392

(29)

Peggy McDonough

Greg J. Duncan

David R. Williams

James S. House

References

421

(24)

Index

445

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