title: Corruption costs lives: evidence from a cross-country study.
abstract: This paper investigates the effect of corruption on health outcomes by using cross-country panel data covering about 150 countries for the period of 1995 to 2012. We employ ordinary least squares (OLS), fixed-effects and two-stage least squares (2SLS) estimation methods, and find that corruption significantly increases mortality rates, and reduces life expectancy and immunization rates. The results are consistent across different regions, gender, and measures of corruption. The findings suggest that reducing corruption can be an effective method to improve health outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Southwest University for Nationalities, Chengdu, China. qiangliriem@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Qiang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: University of North Florida, Jacksonville, USA.
authors.forename: Lian
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: An
authors.affiliation: University of North Florida, Jacksonville, USA.
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: University of North Florida, Jacksonville, USA.
authors.forename: Mina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Baliamoune-Lutz
mesh_terms: D003415:Crime; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006801:Humans; D008017:Life Expectancy
keywords: Corruption; Health; Lives