Are cardiovascular diseases bad for economic growth?
利用动态面板增长回归框架，研究发现高收入国家中劳动年龄人口心血管疾病死亡率上升会显著拖累后续五年经济增长，但对中低收入国家无显著影响。
We assess the impact of cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality on economic growth, using a dynamic panel growth regression framework taking into account potential endogeneity problems. In the worldwide sample we detect a non-linear influence of working age CVD mortality rates on growth across the per capita income scale. Splitting the sample (according to the resulting income threshold) into low- and middle-income countries, and high-income countries, we find a robust negative contribution of increasing CVD mortality rates on subsequent five-year growth rates in the latter sample. Not too surprisingly, we find no significant impact in the low- and middle-income country sample.