Table 6

Robustness short-term two-step system GMM estimates of the effect of per capita income growth on bipolar and depression disorders

BipolarDepressionBipolarDepression
L.Bipolar0.9728*** (0.0082) 0.9931*** (0.0048) 
Per capita income growth−0.0014*** (0.0003)−0.0011** (0.0005)−0.0010*** (0.0003)−0.0024*** (0.0008)
Public health expenditure−0.0089*** (0.0032)−0.0082 (0.0074)−0.0040* (0.0023)−0.0069 (0.0072)
Out-of-pocket health expenditure−0.0203*** (0.0024)−0.0560*** (0.0075)−0.0004 (0.0031)−0.0637*** (0.0148)
Population growth−0.0171*** (0.0024)−0.0244*** (0.0049)−0.0093*** (0.0024)−0.0247*** (0.0039)
Physician density−0.0165*** (0.0022)−0.0249*** (0.0058)−0.0128*** (0.0029)−0.0612*** (0.0193)
L.Depression 0.9460*** (0.0152) 0.9406*** (0.0221)
Interpersonal violence  0.0644*** (0.0079)0.0458 (0.0622)
Constant−0.0052 (0.0391)0.0884 (0.0591)0.2290*** (0.0371)0.2601* (0.1368)
Observations145145145145
No. of groups42424242
No. of instruments35333535
ARB test1.0439−1.60800.0167−1.2622
ARB test p-value0.29650.10780.98660.2069
Hansen j28.061823.439527.256829.7227
Hansen j p-value0.30500.37730.29260.1941
F-stat.5,929.60821,383.3705172,836.6729771.2421
F-stat. p-value0.00000.00000.00000.0000

Notes:

Standard errors in parentheses; *p < 0.1; **p < 0.05; ***p < 0.01; ARB test = Arellano–Bond second-order serial correlation test; Hansen j = Hansen overidentification test; L. = first lag; Bipolar, depression, health expenditure and interpersonal violence indicators are log-transformed. For brevity, year dummies are not reported

Source: Authors’ computation using data from the GBD and WDI databases

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