The Economic Losses Caused by Premature Mortality from External Causes in Russia and its Regions

Student: Kirpikova Mariya

Educational Programme: Demography (Master)

Year of Graduation: 2019

The Master's thesis includes the study of economic losses due to premature mortality from external causes. On the basis of state statistics and the use of the indicator PYLL («Potential Years of Life Lost»), the lost years of human life as a result of death up to 70 years were calculated. The methodology also allowed to convert the wasted man-years in economic terms (GDP). The work includes an analysis of Russia and its regions. For comparison purposes, premature mortality and economic losses for circulatory and neoplastic diseases were also considered. The results of the thesis confirm the need for a change in the approach to external causes and the implementation of programs to reduce mortality from this class.

Student Theses at HSE must be completed in accordance with the University Rules and regulations specified by each educational programme.

Summaries of all theses must be published and made freely available on the HSE website.

The full text of a thesis can be published in open access on the HSE website only if the authoring student (copyright holder) agrees, or, if the thesis was written by a team of students, if all the co-authors (copyright holders) agree. After a thesis is published on the HSE website, it obtains the status of an online publication.

Student theses are objects of copyright and their use is subject to limitations in accordance with the Russian Federation’s law on intellectual property.

In the event that a thesis is quoted or otherwise used, reference to the author’s name and the source of quotation is required.

Search all student theses