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Table 2 Results of the estimation of the models (fixed effects)

From: Economic crisis and health inequalities: evidence from the European Union

Variables

Life expectancy

Total mortality

Ischemic heart mortality

Cancer mortality

Lung cancer

Intercept

2.2631**a

(0.0820)

3.6644**

(0.3307)

1.3910**

(0.3605)

4.3019**

(0.3285)

1.0064**

(0.3070)

β Log(dependent_1)

−0.5109**

(0.0188)

−0.5258**

(0.0468)

−0.2751**

(0.0336)

−0.9980**

(0.0345)

−0.5075**

(0.0410)

Log(gdppc)

0.0000

(0.0001)

0.0041**

(0.0008)

0.0025

(0.0036)

0.0008

(0.0018)

0.0005

(0.020)

Log(gdppc_1)

0.000

(0.0001)

−0.0044**

(0.0010)

−0.0038

(0.0042)

−0.0039

(0.0022)

−0.0022

(0.0024)

Log(gdp_2)

−0.0001

(0.0001)

0.0003

(0.0007)

−0.0056

(0.0055)

−0.0039

(0.0035)

0.0109**

(0.0032)

Gini

−0.1836**

(0.0592)

−1.0516

(0.5612)

2.0101

(1.3376)

0.5313

(0.7758)

1.8337**

(0.8369)

Gini_1

0.0280

(0.0274)

1.0406**

(0.5213)

−1.72

(1.1931)

2.2466**

(0.6853)

−0.0302

(0.7540)

Log(empht)

0.001**

(0.000)

0.0001

(0.0005)

0.0038**

(0.0019)

−0.0027

(0.0014)

−0.0019

(0.0015)

University students (% pop)

−0.0023

(0.0013)

−0.0023

(0.0130)

0.1488**

(0.0587)

0.1074**

(0.0318)

0.1181**

(0.0363)

Young male unemployment (%)

0.0013

(0.0017)

−0.0313

(0.0167)

0.1876**

(0.0657)

−0.0219

(0.0363)

0.1075**

(0.0402)

Young female unemployment (%)

0.0002

(0.0014)

0.0108

(0.0134)

−0.2707**

(0.0524)

−0.1870**

(0.0281)

−0.2125**

(0.0320)

R&D

0.0078

(0.0091)

−0.0475

(0.0960)

0.4954

(0.3590)

0.0083

(0.1893)

−0.0288

(0.2127)

External balance (%)

0.0237**

(0.0038)

0.07

(0.0363)

−0.1082

(0.1749)

−0.1175

(0.1052)

0.0981

(0.1178)

Public expenditure (%)

0.0081**

(0.0039)

−0.2011**

(0.0427)

−0.3496**

(0.1734)

0.1256

(0.0931)

0.1642

(0.1095)

year > 2003

0.0051**

(0.0025)

−0.0332**

(0.0138)

−0.0107

(0.1082)

−0.0102

(0.0808)

−0.0042

(0.0475)

year > 2006

0.0006

(0.0025)

−0.0132

(0.0139)

−0.0284

(0.1083)

−0.0158

(0.0808)

−0.0121

(0.0476)

year > 2007

0.0011

(0.0025)

0.0286**

(0.0139)

−0.0257

(0.1083)

0.0103

(0.0809)

0.0148

(0.0476)

Random-effects

     

 Region

     

 Country

     

 Year

     

DIC

−32795.94

−11295.11

−2362.19

−5223.71

−4664.25

Effective number of parameters

3133.15

350.65

227.40

282.85

282.54

CPO

−4.1409

−1.7082

−0.5662

−1.2035

−1.0427

  1. amean (standard deviation). ** Those coefficients where the 95 % credible interval did not contain the zero (statistically significant). Source: own construction