49-vol. 25, no. 1, january-june, 2010
Articles

Economic crises, health and education in Jamaica

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  • Namsuk Kim,
  • Marta Serra García
Namsuk Kim
United Nations Development Programme
Marta Serra García
Tilburg University
DOI: https://doi.org/10.24201/ee.v25i1.116

Published 2010-01-01

Keywords

  • Jamaica,
  • economic crisis,
  • human development,
  • education,
  • health

How to Cite

Kim, N., & Serra García, M. (2010). Economic crises, health and education in Jamaica. Estudios Económicos De El Colegio De México, 25(1), 105–134. https://doi.org/10.24201/ee.v25i1.116

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Abstract

We study the impact of growth fluctuation education and health indicators in Jamaica. Using household surveys between 1989 and 2007, we study the impact by using pseudo-panel regressions at the parish level, instrumenting growth fluctuations with variations in major Jamaican export commodities, to account for the endogeneity of growth in its relationship with education and health indicators. The main finding of the instrumental variable regression is that GDP fluctuation has mixed impacts on education and health.

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