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Social environment determinants of life expectancy in developing countries: a panel data analysis

Despite remarkable improvements in health over the past 50 years, there still remain a great number of health challenges around the world. This study examined the relationship between life expectancy rate (as a proxy for health status) with health expenditure, gross domestic product, education index...

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Main Authors: Hassan, Fatin Aminah, Minato, Nobuaki, Ishida, Shuichi, Mohamed Nor, Norashidah
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Published: Canadian Center of Science and Education 2017
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spelling my.upm.eprints.632392018-09-27T10:03:46Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/63239/ Social environment determinants of life expectancy in developing countries: a panel data analysis Hassan, Fatin Aminah Minato, Nobuaki Ishida, Shuichi Mohamed Nor, Norashidah Despite remarkable improvements in health over the past 50 years, there still remain a great number of health challenges around the world. This study examined the relationship between life expectancy rate (as a proxy for health status) with health expenditure, gross domestic product, education index, improved water coverage, and improved sanitation facilities in 108 selected developing countries using annual panel data within the period of 2006–2010. The empirical results from using the panel data approach showed a positive relationship between life expectancy rate and all of those explanatory variables. The relationship between life expectancy with education index and gross domestic product were significant at 1% and 5% significance levels, respectively. Furthermore, the causality finding showed that there is no short-run causality between life expectancy and its determinants. There is a unidirectional causality running from the independent variables of health expenditure, education index, improved water, and improved sanitation to life expectancy at birth. On the other hand, bidirectional causality exists between life expectancy and income in the long-run by employing VECM test. These independent variables can be considered as important determinants for investment in health status in the long-run. This study could be used as a guideline and may be significant for future researchers and policy makers who aim to improve the life expectancy in developing countries. Canadian Center of Science and Education 2017 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/63239/1/Social%20Environment%20Determinants%20of%20Life%20Expectancy%20in%20Developing%20Countries.pdf Hassan, Fatin Aminah and Minato, Nobuaki and Ishida, Shuichi and Mohamed Nor, Norashidah (2017) Social environment determinants of life expectancy in developing countries: a panel data analysis. Global Journal of Health Science, 9 (5). pp. 105-117. ISSN 1916-9736; ESSN: 1916-9744 10.5539/gjhs.v9n5p105
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description Despite remarkable improvements in health over the past 50 years, there still remain a great number of health challenges around the world. This study examined the relationship between life expectancy rate (as a proxy for health status) with health expenditure, gross domestic product, education index, improved water coverage, and improved sanitation facilities in 108 selected developing countries using annual panel data within the period of 2006–2010. The empirical results from using the panel data approach showed a positive relationship between life expectancy rate and all of those explanatory variables. The relationship between life expectancy with education index and gross domestic product were significant at 1% and 5% significance levels, respectively. Furthermore, the causality finding showed that there is no short-run causality between life expectancy and its determinants. There is a unidirectional causality running from the independent variables of health expenditure, education index, improved water, and improved sanitation to life expectancy at birth. On the other hand, bidirectional causality exists between life expectancy and income in the long-run by employing VECM test. These independent variables can be considered as important determinants for investment in health status in the long-run. This study could be used as a guideline and may be significant for future researchers and policy makers who aim to improve the life expectancy in developing countries.
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author Hassan, Fatin Aminah
Minato, Nobuaki
Ishida, Shuichi
Mohamed Nor, Norashidah
spellingShingle Hassan, Fatin Aminah
Minato, Nobuaki
Ishida, Shuichi
Mohamed Nor, Norashidah
Social environment determinants of life expectancy in developing countries: a panel data analysis
author_facet Hassan, Fatin Aminah
Minato, Nobuaki
Ishida, Shuichi
Mohamed Nor, Norashidah
author_sort Hassan, Fatin Aminah
title Social environment determinants of life expectancy in developing countries: a panel data analysis
title_short Social environment determinants of life expectancy in developing countries: a panel data analysis
title_full Social environment determinants of life expectancy in developing countries: a panel data analysis
title_fullStr Social environment determinants of life expectancy in developing countries: a panel data analysis
title_full_unstemmed Social environment determinants of life expectancy in developing countries: a panel data analysis
title_sort social environment determinants of life expectancy in developing countries: a panel data analysis
publisher Canadian Center of Science and Education
publishDate 2017
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/63239/1/Social%20Environment%20Determinants%20of%20Life%20Expectancy%20in%20Developing%20Countries.pdf
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