Economic loss from premature rural mortality (Federal State Budget Institution of Science Institute of Agrarian Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Saratov, Russia)

The objective of the study was to make an economic assessment of the social-demographic loss caused by premature rural mortality. For that purpose the following tasks were planned to be fulfilled: choice of methods for calculating the economic damage from rural mortality; determination of indicators that adequately reflect the economic damage from rural mortality; development of a database on the basis of the indicators presented in Rosstat's official statements; calculation of monetary evaluation of key parameters; determination of the total economic damage. Experimental calculations were performed using different techniques. The study was financially supported by RFBR (project № 12-06-00012).

Authors: Blinova T. V. [1] Bylina S. G. [1]

Tags: calculation of the economic damage1 development of a database1 indicators of the economic damage1 monetary evaluation of key parameters1 premature mortality1 rural population5 social-demographic loss1