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Subramaniam, Thirunaukarasu, Loganathan, Nanthakumar, Yerushalmi, Erez, Devadason, Evelyn Shyamala and Majid, Mazlan (2018) Determinants of infant mortality in older ASEAN economies. Social Indicators Research, 136 (1). pp. 397-415. doi:10.1007/s11205-016-1526-8 ISSN 0303-8300.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11205-016-1526-8
Abstract
Infant mortality in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has been declining, yet disparities remain between the nations. This paper therefore explores the determinants of infant mortality in the older ASEAN-4 economies, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines using an Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) Error Correction Model framework. The key findings of the study are: First, there is evidence of long-run relationships among infant mortality, education, female fertility, income and access to healthcare. Second, the determinants of infant mortality vary between countries. Female fertility emerged as the main determinant of infant mortality in Malaysia, while access to healthcare matter for infant mortality in Indonesia, and to a lesser extent for the Philippines. The income effect is significant for reducing infant mortality in Malaysia, while female education is important for Indonesia and Thailand. Third, the speed of adjustment of infant mortality rate is comparatively low in ASEAN-4.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Institute for Employment Research | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Social Indicators Research | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Springer | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 0303-8300 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | February 2018 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 136 | ||||||||
| Number: | 1 | ||||||||
| Number of Pages: | 19 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 397-415 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1007/s11205-016-1526-8 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 2 February 2017 | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 17 December 2017 |
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