The relationship between corruption and chronic diseases: evidence from Europeans aged 50 years and older.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Do people living in more corrupted countries report worse health? We answer this question by investigating the relationship between country-level corruption and the number of chronic diseases for a sample of Europeans aged above 50.

Methods

We link a rich panel dataset on individual health and socio-demographic characteristics with two country-level corruption indices, analyse the overall relationship with pooled ordinary least squares and fixed-effect models, explore heterogeneous effects driven by country and individual factors, and disentangle the effect across different public sectors.

Results

Individuals living in more corrupted countries suffer from a higher number of chronic diseases. The heterogeneity analysis shows that (1) health outcomes are wors

SUBMITTER: Ferrari L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7183492 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature