The linkages between life expectancy and economic growth: some new evidence

Investigating the Causal Relationships among Carbon Emissions, Economic Growth, and Life Expectancy in Turkey: Evidence from Time and Frequency Domain Causality Techniques

“…This indicates that life expectancy can predict economic growth and vice versa. This finding corresponds with the findings of Wang et al [14], He and Li [15], Sirag et al [22], and Biyase and Malesa [10].…”

“…This indicates that life expectancy can predict economic growth and vice versa. This finding corresponds with the findings of Wang et al [14], He and Li [15], Sirag et al [22], and Biyase and Malesa [10]. The present study utilizes the Toda-Yamamoto and Fourier Toda-Yamamoto causality tests to investigate the time-domain causal interconnection between life expectancy and CO2 emissions and economic growth using a yearly dataset from 1960 to 2018.…”

“…The finding is consistent with Yakita [23] who revealed that an increase in longevity increases the balance of the growth rate. Several studies agree with the position that life expectancy affects economic growth via the increase of the investment in capital [15,24].…”

“…The study suggested that sustainability is most possible in the countries with the best health infrastructure and economic growth, and also that the governments of the countries have a crucial role to play in ensuring the increase in the life expectancy level of their people. Furthermore, a positive impact of life expectancy on economic growth was demonstrated in the study by Biyase and Malesa [10], which was conducted in 10 Southern African countries using data from 1985 to 2017 and applied a two-stage least square method, while a bidirectional relationship between the two variables was found in the study by He and Li [15] which used 65 countries. Meanwhile, the study by Sirag et al [22] found that life expectancy plays a significant role in economic development but suggested that it is up to a certain threshold.…”

“…Alam et al [11] and Shahbaz et al [12] noted that since individuals make up a nation, improving life expectancy is a significant and necessary condition that is required for guaranteeing sustainable economic development. The reflection of life expectancy in the social, economic, and environmental condition of a nation is demonstrated in some studies [2,12,13]; hence, the causal relationship among economic, social, and environmental factors and life expectancy in a given country have become a very important issue among policymakers, whereas, the empirical studies investigating the relationship between economic growth and life expectancy [2,14], and carbon emissions and life expectancy [1,15] have been mixed. In addition, the studies investigating the relationship among economic growth, carbon emissions, and life expectancy together are relatively rare and recent, especially in Turkey.…”