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The Relationship Between Conflict And Longevity: A Panel Data Analysis, Felicitas Adu-Acheampong
The Relationship Between Conflict And Longevity: A Panel Data Analysis, Felicitas Adu-Acheampong
Wayne State University Dissertations
With a series of multivariate regression models this study investigates the association of conflict, health and non-health inputs with different facets of longevity in OECD, emerging and African countries. Using a country-level panel data set covering the period 1990 through 2014, five facets of longevity are examined: infant mortality, life expectancy for males at birth, life expectancy for females at birth, life expectancy for males at age 65, and life expectancy for females at age 65 among OECD and emerging countries. With country-level data spanning 1997 through 2016 from 50 African nations, production functions are also estimated for four distinct …