Life Expectancy and Economic Growth: Evidence from the Southern African Development Community
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SADC; Endogeneity; Economic Growth; Fixed Effect; Life Expectancy;All these keywords.
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- O11 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
- O47 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - Empirical Studies of Economic Growth; Aggregate Productivity; Cross-Country Output Convergence
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