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2023
- handle: 10670/1.z6yt4p
- hal: hal-04360383
- doi: 10.5281/zenodo.10252192
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Expectancy of life Expectation of life Human assets Human beings--Economic value Human resources Wellness Personal health Biography--HealthCiter ce document
Scholastic Yantain Kometa et al., « HEALTH HUMAN CAPITAL AND LIFE EXPECTANCY IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN (SSA) COUNTRIES », HAL-SHS : économie et finance, ID : 10.5281/zenodo.10252192
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This paper investigates the effects of health human capital on life expectancy at birth. The analysis was conducted on 42 Sub-Saharan African countries using panel data from 2000 to 2020 obtained from World Bank Development indicators. We employed the Pooled Ordinary Least Square regression technique, the Random and Fixed Effect models to investigate the relationship between the variables. Relying on the Fixed Effect estimates based on the Hausman test, results revealed a positive significant relationship between health human capital and life expectancy. However, being a non-linear relationship, the effect of health human capital on life expectancy was initially negative and then turned positive significantly. A major policy recommendation is that SSA countries should make substantial increases in health human capital to improve life expectancy of the population in the region.