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Hypotheses·healthcare·cross_school_gov_consumption_child_mortality_social_provision_1990_2023

Higher government-consumption shares predict lower child mortality.

PARTIALengine/runs/cross_school_gov_consumption_child_mortality_social_provision_1990_2023

PARTIAL — coef=-0.3599, p=0.189 (above α=0.1); direction inconclusive

confidence cueThe result is useful, but not decisive. Treat it as a clue, not a settled conclusion.

policy briefMixed or noisy

In ordinary language

Does the healthcare rule being tested improve access, cost, or outcomes for patients, or does it mainly shift pressure around the system?

plain answer

The evidence is suggestive but not decisive. coef=-0.3599, p=0.189 (above α=0.1); direction inconclusive

why it matters

This matters because healthcare claims should change belief only when they survive a pre-declared empirical test.

how the test works

It compares 173 country or place units from 1990 to 2023, using a panel fe design, with fixed effects for country and year.

what was measured
What changed
  • Gov consumption
What we checked
  • Child mortality
what this does not prove

A single test is not the whole truth. It narrows the claim under a specific sample, time period, and method. Strong policy conclusions need the pattern to survive nearby tests, alternative data, and serious objections.

verification

No evidence packet has been generated yet.

Results

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No coefficients yet. When the model fires, this chart will show child_mortality across 173 sampled countries over 1990–2023.
The shapes above are stylised — none of the lines are real data.
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Pre-registration

pre-registered
first-spec commit 94bc3da · 2026-05-13T10:35:46Z
run generated · 2026-06-29T17:53:08Z

Higher government-consumption shares predict lower child mortality.

Falsification criterion — what would disprove this

set before the run · honoured after

This hypothesis is considered falsified if:

Supported if the coefficient on gov_consumption has sign - and p <= 0.10; refuted if significant in the opposite direction.

formal test & threshold
test:      cross_school_gov_consumption_child_mortality_social_provision_1990_2023
threshold: sign(gov_consumption)=- and p<=0.10

Method

Template
panel_fe
Fixed effects
country, year
Clustering
country
Sample
173 countries · 1990 – 2023
Evidence type
associational

Data

VariableSourceTransform
child_mortality
outcome
world_bank_wdi:SH.DYN.MORTtier 2
level
gov_consumption
treatment
world_bank_wdi:NE.CON.GOVT.ZStier 2
level
gdp_pc_growth
control
world_bank_wdi:NY.GDP.PCAP.KD.ZGtier 2
level

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Detailed result card

Result card — cross_school_gov_consumption_child_mortality_social_provision_1990_2023

Verdict: PARTIAL — coef=-0.3599, p=0.189 (above α=0.1); direction inconclusive

Pre-registration

  • Claim: Higher government-consumption shares predict lower child mortality.
  • Falsification rule: Supported if the coefficient on gov_consumption has sign - and p <= 0.10; refuted if significant in the opposite direction.
  • Falsification test: cross_school_gov_consumption_child_mortality_social_provision_1990_2023

Estimate

  • Method: linearmodels.PanelOLS
  • Coefficient (treatment): -0.3599
  • Std error: 0.2742
  • p-value: 0.189
  • Observations: 4328, countries: 143
  • Within R²: 0.00879
  • Fixed effects: entity=True, time=True
  • Clustering: country

Variables resolved

  • world_bank_wdi:SH.DYN.MORT → child_mortality (outcome, publisher=world_bank_wdi, n=11166)
  • world_bank_wdi:NE.CON.GOVT.ZS → gov_consumption (treatment, publisher=world_bank_wdi, n=9133)
  • world_bank_wdi:NY.GDP.PCAP.KD.ZG → gdp_pc_growth (controls, publisher=world_bank_wdi, n=13897)

Generated by scripts/run_panel_fe.py at 2026-06-29T17:53:08+00:00

Strongest opposing argument

Every hypothesis ships with its charitable opposing argument. The framework earns credibility by handling objections at their strongest, not weakest.

Notes

School coverage focus: social_democratic, market_socialist. Generated and run by scripts/promote_cross_school_next50_2026_05_12.py.

Authored framework. Read the transparency note.