Oluwagbenga T Babatunde

Testing Fractional Persistence and Nonlinearity in Infant Mortality Rates of Asia Countries

Oluleye H. Babatunde, OlaOluwa S Yaya, Oluwasegun B Adekoya & Oluwagbenga T Babatunde · South Asian Journal of Social Studies and Economics · 2024

The infant mortality rates in 45 Asian countries (1960-2018), obtained from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis database, are investigated using I(d) framework, which allows for simultaneous estimation of the degree of persistence and nonlinearities in infant mortality rates as...