Peer-reviewed publication
Sanctioned to death? The impact of economic sanctions on life expectancy and its gender gap
- Authors
- Gutmann, Jerg, Neuenkirch, Matthias, and Neumeier, Florian
- Publication
- Journal of Development Studies
- Year
- 2021
- Volume / issue
- 57 (1)
- Pages / article
- 139-162
- First published
- 2020-04-14
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
Gutmann, Jerg, Neuenkirch, Matthias, and Neumeier, Florian (2021). Sanctioned to death? The impact of economic sanctions on life expectancy and its gender gap, Journal of Development Studies 57(1):139-162. DOI RG Data Media coverage: Foreign Policy, Frankfurter Allgemeine, Die Presse. Data
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Research summary
Matching estimates for 98 developing and newly industrialized countries indicate that UN sanctions reduce life expectancy by about 1.2 to 1.4 years and US sanctions by roughly 0.4 to 0.5 years. Women are affected more strongly, the losses accumulate over time, and better political conditions mitigate part of the damage.
Data and replication
Replication files are available from co-author Matthias Neuenkirch.