Mortality in Russia Since the Fall of the Soviet Union.

IF 1.5 Q2 ECONOMICS

Comparative Economic Studies Pub Date : 2021-01-01 Epub Date: 2021-10-29 DOI:10.1057/s41294-021-00169-w

Elizabeth Brainerd

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Abstract

Adult mortality increased enormously in Russia and other countries of the former Soviet Union when the Soviet system collapsed 30 years ago. What has happened to mortality in Russia since the fall of the Soviet Union? What explains the wide swings of mortality over time? This paper documents changes in mortality in Russia since 1989, and reviews the research in the economics and public health literature on the causes of the changes. The focus is on the post-2000 period, and the possible role played in recent declining mortality rates by Russia's alcohol and tobacco control policies. The two themes that emerge are (1) that government policies are critical for understanding both rising and falling male mortality over this period, and (2) that the underlying causes of the mortality crisis and its reversal are difficult to clearly identify empirically and remain, at best, partially understood, leaving much scope for future research on this issue.

Supplementary information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1057/s41294-021-00169-w.

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苏联解体以来俄罗斯的死亡率。

30年前苏联解体时，俄罗斯和其他前苏联国家的成人死亡率急剧上升。自苏联解体以来，俄罗斯的死亡率发生了什么变化?如何解释死亡率随时间的巨大波动?本文记录了自1989年以来俄罗斯死亡率的变化，并回顾了经济学和公共卫生文献中关于变化原因的研究。重点是2000年后时期，以及俄罗斯的酒精和烟草控制政策在最近死亡率下降中可能发挥的作用。出现的两个主题是:(1)政府政策对于理解这一时期男性死亡率的上升和下降至关重要;(2)死亡率危机及其逆转的根本原因很难从经验上清楚地确定，最多只能部分理解，这为未来对这一问题的研究留下了很大的空间。补充信息:在线版本包含补充资料，提供地址为10.1057/s41294-021-00169-w。

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Comparative Economic Studies ECONOMICS-

CiteScore

2.30

自引率

12.50%

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期刊介绍： Comparative Economic Studies is a journal of the Association for Comparative Economic Studies (ACES). It aims to publish papers that address several objectives: that provide original political economy analysis from a comparative perspective, that are an accessible source for state-of-the-art comparative economics thinking, that encourage cross-fertilization of ideas, that debate directions for future research in comparative economics, and that can provide materials and insights that are relevant for teaching, public policy debate and the media. Comparative Economic Studies welcome both submissions that are explicitly comparative and case studies of single countries or regions. The journal is interested in papers that investigate how economic systems respond to economic transitions, crises and to structural change, brought about by globalization, demographics, institutions, technology, politics, and the environment. While maintaining its position as an important outlet for work on Central Europe and the Former Soviet Union, the scope of Comparative Economic Studies encompasses other areas as well (European Union, Asia, Latin America, and Africa).