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Aid, Remittances, Medical Brain Drain and Child Mortality: Evidence Using Inter and Intra-Country Data.

Chauvet, Lisa; Gubert, Flore; Mesplé-Somps, Sandrine (2013), Aid, Remittances, Medical Brain Drain and Child Mortality: Evidence Using Inter and Intra-Country Data., The Journal of Development Studies, 49, 6, p. 801-818. 10.1080/00220388.2012.742508

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Article accepté pour publication ou publié
Date
2013
Journal name
The Journal of Development Studies
Volume
49
Number
6
Publisher
F. Cass
Pages
801-818
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Author(s)
Chauvet, Lisa

Gubert, Flore

Mesplé-Somps, Sandrine
Abstract (EN)
This article analyses the respective impact of aid, remittances and medical brain drain (MBD) on child mortality using panel and cross-country quintile-level data on respectively 84 and 46 developing countries. Our results show that remittances reduce child mortality while MBD increases it. Health aid also significantly reduces child mortality but its impact is less robust than the impact of remittances. Remittances seem to be more effective in reducing mortality for children belonging to households from the upper classes, whereas neither a pro-poor nor anti-poor effect is found for health aid.
Subjects / Keywords
Health aid; remittances; child mortality
JEL
I38 - Government Policy; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
O15 - Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
I12 - Health Behavior
F24 - Remittances