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International Institute for Society and Health
2008 / 2009 Public Seminar Series
You are invited to attend on:
Tuesday 4 November 2008, 5pm
(followed by drinks at 6pm)
Speaker Dr Larry King, Cambridge University
Title: Privatization and the Post-Communist Mortality Crisis
Abstract
Transitions from state socialism to capitalism gave rise to an unprecedented
mortality crisis. Current explanations center on unhealthy lifestyles, health
system collapse and acute psychosocial stress, although little comparative
research has attempted to specify a mechanism that can explain the
variation over time and across countries. A causal model of how transition
policies affect population health inspired by classical sociological
analyses of
the transition to capitalism has been developed and tested by Dr King and
colleagues. Using paneldata for 25 Post-Soviet countries from 1989 to 2002,
strong empirical evidence has been found that mass privatization, whether
measured by a novel program implementation variable or EBRD privatization
indices, significantly reduces male life expectancy by increasing heart
disease, suicide, homicide and alcohol-related mortality rates with the
greatest overall effects on working-age men.
Dr Larry King is a comparative political economist. Most of his published
work is on the economic and political transformation of post-communist
societies. Dr King is currently working on the political economy of global
health in a variety of contexts.
This seminar will be held at UCL. It is free, but space is limited. NO NEED
TO RSVP. Arrive promptly to secure a seat. Please contact us if you have
any special needs. Seminar venue:
UCL Torrington Basement LT, 1 - 19 Torrington Place, London WC1E 7HB.
Nearest Underground station Goodge Street. Warren St and Goodge St
are also within walking distance.
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Refreshments at 6.00pm after the seminar.
You may access audio recordings of our some past seminars at:
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/iish/seminars.htm
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