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Human capital, life expectancy, and the environment

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This paper analyzes how transboundary pollution caused by the pursuit of economic growth in developing countries affects the environmental conditions and life expectancy in these countries and in neighboring developed countries. We develop an overlapping generations (OLGs) model, which considers the environmental interactions between two regions representing the developed and developing countries. We consider two models that differ in their environmental interactions: one in which the two regions share an environment and the other in which they do not. By comparing the environmental qualities of the two models’ steady states, we show that the two regions sharing an environment may enter a trap characterized by both lower environmental quality and shorter life expectancy due to a free rider problem.

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  • Chen Wu, 2017. "Human capital, life expectancy, and the environment," The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 26(8), pages 885-906, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jitecd:v:26:y:2017:i:8:p:885-906
    DOI: 10.1080/09638199.2017.1314543
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    1. Zhiheng Chen & Yuting Ma & Junyi Hua & Yuanhong Wang & Hongpeng Guo, 2021. "Impacts from Economic Development and Environmental Factors on Life Expectancy: A Comparative Study Based on Data from Both Developed and Developing Countries from 2004 to 2016," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(16), pages 1-18, August.
    2. Dugan, Anna & Prskawetz, Alexia & Raffin, Natacha, 2022. "The Environment, Life Expectancy and Growth in Overlapping Generations Models: A Survey," ECON WPS - Working Papers in Economic Theory and Policy 01/2022, TU Wien, Institute of Statistics and Mathematical Methods in Economics, Economics Research Unit.
    3. Bohan Chai & Junwei Gao & Lingying Pan & Yishu Chen, 2021. "Research on the Impact Factors of Green Economy of China—From the Perspective of System and Foreign Direct Investment," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(16), pages 1-18, August.
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    7. Shujaat Abbas & Muhammad Ibrahim Shah & Avik Sinha & Olohunlana Aminat Olayinka, 2023. "A Gender Differentiated Analysis of Healthy Life Expectancy in South Asia: The Role of Greenhouse Gas Emission," Evaluation Review, , vol. 47(6), pages 1066-1106, December.

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