THE EFFECT OF RAPID PRIVATISATION ON MORTALITY IN MONO-INDUSTRIAL TOWNS IN POST-SOVIET RUSSIA: A RETROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY

Background

Population-level data suggest that economic disruptions in the early 1990s increased working-age male mortality in post-Soviet countries. This study uses individual-level data, using an indirect estimation method, to test the hypothesis that fast privatisation increased mortality in Russia.

 Azarova, A, D Irdam, A Gugushvili, M Fazekas, G Scheiring, P Horvat, D Stefler, I Kolesnikova, V Popov, D Stuckler, I Szelenyi, M Marmot, M Murphy, M McKee, M Bobak and L King.