Determinants of Life Expectancy: A Cross - Country Analysis

Kazem Yavari and Mina Mehrnoosh
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Kazem Yavari: Corresponding Author- Associate Professor of Economics, TMU, and Vice President, Research, ITSR
Mina Mehrnoosh: Ph.D Student, Al-Zahra University, and Director of Marketing and Market Research, ITSR

Iranian Economic Review (IER), 2006, vol. 11, issue 1, 131-142

Abstract: This paper analyzes the effects of socio-economic factors on life expectancy. Using multiple regression analysis, the paper shows that there is a positive strong correlation between life expectancy as an independent variable and per capita income, health expenditures, literacy rate and daily calorie intake. Also, it shows that there is a negative strong correlation between life expectancy and number of people per doctor. Using dummy variables, the paper shows that there exist some unrecognized or recognized but not quantifiable factors which affect life expectancy in African countries. Finally the paper concludes that human development requires an increasing investment in the socio-economic sectors.

Keywords: Life Expectancy; Cross-Country; Social Indicators. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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