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Deadly income inequality? a panel data analysis on the impact of income inequality on mental disorder mortality

This study investigated the impact of income inequality on mental disorder mortality. The present study also sought to discover the role of institutional quality in moderating the income inequality-mental disorder mortality nexus. The analysis used panel system generalized method of moments (GMM) es...

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Main Authors: Goh, Lim Thye, Law, Siong Hook
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Published: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak 2022
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HJ Public Finance
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spelling my.um.eprints.439672023-12-27T03:47:31Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/43967/ Deadly income inequality? a panel data analysis on the impact of income inequality on mental disorder mortality Goh, Lim Thye Law, Siong Hook HJ Public Finance This study investigated the impact of income inequality on mental disorder mortality. The present study also sought to discover the role of institutional quality in moderating the income inequality-mental disorder mortality nexus. The analysis used panel system generalized method of moments (GMM) estimations on data from developed and developing countries from 1989 to 2018. The analysis findings indicated that income inequality positively impacted mental disorder mortality in the total sample and developed countries but was insignificant for developing countries. In addition, the income-inequality-mental disorder mortality nexus was contingent on institutional quality, indicating that better institutional quality could alleviate the effect of income inequality on mental health, especially in developed countries. © 2022, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak. All rights reserved. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak 2022 Article PeerReviewed Goh, Lim Thye and Law, Siong Hook (2022) Deadly income inequality? a panel data analysis on the impact of income inequality on mental disorder mortality. International Journal of Business and Society, 23 (3). 1499 -1515. ISSN 1511-6670, DOI https://doi.org/10.33736/ijbs.5178.2022 <https://doi.org/10.33736/ijbs.5178.2022>. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85144861618&doi=10.33736%2fijbs.5178.2022&partnerID=40&md5=aa85b2e08c159f18c7886dbed75663ee 10.33736/ijbs.5178.2022
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Goh, Lim Thye
Law, Siong Hook
Deadly income inequality? a panel data analysis on the impact of income inequality on mental disorder mortality
description This study investigated the impact of income inequality on mental disorder mortality. The present study also sought to discover the role of institutional quality in moderating the income inequality-mental disorder mortality nexus. The analysis used panel system generalized method of moments (GMM) estimations on data from developed and developing countries from 1989 to 2018. The analysis findings indicated that income inequality positively impacted mental disorder mortality in the total sample and developed countries but was insignificant for developing countries. In addition, the income-inequality-mental disorder mortality nexus was contingent on institutional quality, indicating that better institutional quality could alleviate the effect of income inequality on mental health, especially in developed countries. © 2022, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak. All rights reserved.
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author Goh, Lim Thye
Law, Siong Hook
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Law, Siong Hook
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title Deadly income inequality? a panel data analysis on the impact of income inequality on mental disorder mortality
title_short Deadly income inequality? a panel data analysis on the impact of income inequality on mental disorder mortality
title_full Deadly income inequality? a panel data analysis on the impact of income inequality on mental disorder mortality
title_fullStr Deadly income inequality? a panel data analysis on the impact of income inequality on mental disorder mortality
title_full_unstemmed Deadly income inequality? a panel data analysis on the impact of income inequality on mental disorder mortality
title_sort deadly income inequality? a panel data analysis on the impact of income inequality on mental disorder mortality
publisher Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
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