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JOURNAL OF APPLIED BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS


Trade and Health Linkages: A Global Panel Data Analysis Using the Gravity Model



Author(s): Pallavi Panda

Citation: Pallavi Panda, (2020) "Trade and Health Linkages: A Global Panel Data Analysis Using the Gravity Model," Journal of Applied Business and Economics, Vol. 22, Iss.5,  pp. 111-122

Article Type: Research paper

Publisher: North American Business Press

​Abstract:

This paper provides empirical evidence on the effect of trade openness on child health using the data from 171 countries between the mid-1990s to mid-2000s. Using an instrumental variable approach with a geographic gravity model framework, this study finds that a 1% increase in openness leads to a 0.2% decrease in infant mortality rates across countries, which at the sample mean is about 8 infant deaths per 1000 live births. The result is robust to country-specific time-invariant heterogeneity as well as outliers. The main channels of operation seem to be through increasing incomes, increasing health expenditures, and decreasing inequality.