<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Regarding the link between economic growth and it’s public outcomes, this paper studies the effect of economic growth on life expectancy in Iran during 1966-2013. To achieve the research objectives, annually data collected from World Bank Database and I used the life expectancy at birth and annually GDP growth rate to measure the research variables. Then I applied Vector Error Correction Model to estimate the proposed model. The results on this study show that economic growth has a positively significant effect on life expectancy in Iran during the observation period.</p></abstract>

Regarding the link between economic growth and it’s public outcomes, this paper studies the effect of economic growth on life expectancy in Iran during 1966-2013. To achieve the research objectives, annually data collected from World Bank Database and I used the life expectancy at birth and annually GDP growth rate to measure the research variables. Then I applied Vector Error Correction Model to estimate the proposed model. The results on this study show that economic growth has a positively significant effect on life expectancy in Iran during the observation period.

Economic Growth and Life Expectancy: The Case of Iran

Mazandaran University of Science & Technology, Babol, Iran

Studies in Business and Economics

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Regarding the link between economic growth and it’s public outcomes, this paper studies the effect of economic growth on life expectancy in Iran during...

Economic Growth and Life Expectancy: The Case of Iran

Published Online: Jun 29, 2016

Page range: 80 - 87

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sbe-2016-0007

Keywords
Economic Growth, Life Expectancy, Iran, Vector Error Correction Model (VECM)

© 2016 Mahyar Hami, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Economic Growth and Life Expectancy: The Case of Iran

Published Online: Jun 29, 2016

Page range: 80 - 87

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sbe-2016-0007

KeywordsEconomic Growth, Life Expectancy, Iran, Vector Error Correction Model (VECM)

© 2016 Mahyar Hami, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Economic Growth, Life Expectancy, Iran, Vector Error Correction Model (VECM)