The Mortality Crisis in Transitional Economies

• PART I. THE MORTALITY CRISIS OF THE EARLY 1990S: A HISTORICAL AND THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVE ; 1. The transition mortality crisis: evidence, interpretation and policy responses ; 2. Mortality crises in a historical perspective: the European experience ; 3. Short-term, long-term, and hysteresis mortality models: a review ; PART II. UNDERLYING CAUSES OF THE MORTALITY CRISES ; 4. Alcohol as a cause of mortality in societies undergoing rapid transition to market economy ; 5. Transition, impoverishment and mortality: how large an impact? ; 6. Psychological and biological mechanisms behind the recent mortality crisis in Central and Eastern Europe ; PART III. INDIVIDUAL AND PUBLIC RESPONSES ; 7. Rising unemployment and coping strategies: the case of the Novosibirsk oblast in Russia ; 8. Transition, health production and medical system effectiveness ; 9. Fighting unemployment and stress: labour market policies in Central and Eastern Europe ; PART IV. EVIDENCE FROM SELECTED COUNTRY CASE STUDIES ; 10. The mortality crisis in East Germany ; 11. Population crisis and rising mortality in transitional Russia ; 12. The mortality consequences of the transition to market economy in Latvia: 1991-95 ; 13. The decline of mortality in the Czech Republic during the transition: a counterfactual case study ; 14. Economic restructuring and mortality changes in Argentina: is there any connection? ; 15. When the welfare state works: unemployment and mortality in Finland ; 16. Labour market changes and mental illness in Denmark during the 1980s ; 17. The impact of income dynamics on mortality in the USA

essential reading, not only for those interested in demographic changes in eastern Europe, but for anyone seeking better understanding of the interface between social structure and well-being and survival in human societies