Table 1.
Descriptive statistics.
| Mean | St. dev. (SD) | Min | Max | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Log of all-cause mortality rate | 6.61 | 1.41 | 3.47 | 10.30 |
| Parent-child educational correlation | 0.44 | 0.12 | 0.05 | 0.78 |
| Stagnant educational mobility | 0.35 | 0.07 | 0.10 | 0.67 |
| Downward educational mobility | 0.25 | 0.08 | 0.00 | 0.56 |
| Upward educational mobility | 0.15 | 0.05 | 0.02 | 0.36 |
| Mean years of education | 10.90 | 3.01 | 0.95 | 16.58 |
| Log of GDP per capita in USD | 9.33 | 1.13 | 6.93 | 11.41 |
| Unemployment rate (%) | 8.76 | 5.72 | 0.50 | 29.00 |
| Health spending as a share of GDP (%) | 7.63 | 2.42 | 3.04 | 16.82 |
| Income Gini index | 0.39 | 0.08 | 0.25 | 0.71 |
| Political freedoms | 2.45 | 1.62 | 1.00 | 7.00 |
Sources: The WHO Mortality Database; The World Bank’s Global Database on Intergenerational Mobility (GDIM); The World Development Indicators; The Standardized World Income Inequality Database; Freedom in the World data-set.