The relation between wealth and health: Evidence from a world panel of countries

Based on a world sample of countries, this paper presents panel data evidence that documents a U-shaped relation between GDP per capita (wealth) and life expectancy (health). The evidence also shows that excluding the possibility of a nonmonotonic relationship induces erroneous conclusions about the time-varying wealth–health correlation.

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Year of publication:	2012
Authors:	Hansen, Casper Worm
Published in:	Economics Letters. - Elsevier, ISSN 0165-1765. - Vol. 115.2012, 2, p. 175-176
Publisher:	Elsevier
Subject:	Economic development \| Life expectancy \| Fixed effect estimation

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Type of publication:	Article
Classification:	i15 ; O11 - Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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