The Wealth-Health Nexus: New Global Evidence

Using a world sample of countries, this paper re-examines the U-shaped relationship between per capita GDP (wealth) and life expectancy at birth (health). Since cross-sectional dependence across countries is detected, second-generation panel unit root and cointegration tests are employed. All the va...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jaunky, Vishal
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/51111