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The Effects of Health Status and Child Mortality on the African Economies

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  • Sirag, Abdalla

    (School of Business and Economics Universiti Putra Malaysia 43400 Serdang, Selangor MALAYSIA.)

  • Faris, Arbab Ismail

    (Faculty of Economic, Social and Environmental Studies University of Medical Sciences and Technology Khartoum, SUDAN)

  • Abdelmagid, Salah Abdelgadir

    (Mamoun Behairy Centre for Economic and Social Studies and Researches in Africa Khartoum, SUDAN)

  • Mohamed Nor, Norashidah

    (School of Business and Economics Universiti Putra Malaysia 43400 Serdang, Selangor MALAYSIA.)

Abstract

The current study aims to examine the economic effects of health status. Employing data from 43 African countries, this study utilized the Pooled Mean Group estimation method of the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) for cointegration to analyze the short-run and long-run relationship between health status and economic growth. In assessing the health status, we use life expectancy, infant mortality rates and mortality rate under the age of five measures. The results show that life expectancy in the long term was positively correlated with GDP per capita. In addition, infants and under-five mortality rates for both categories were negatively linked to the degree of long-term economic growth, suggesting a positive correlation between health status and growth. The study contributes to our understanding of the significance of health status as a main ingredient of economic growth in the African continent. Therefore, African policy makers are urged to pay particular attention to their healthcare services and any other factors that can help improve the health of their people.

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  • Sirag, Abdalla & Faris, Arbab Ismail & Abdelmagid, Salah Abdelgadir & Mohamed Nor, Norashidah, 2022. "The Effects of Health Status and Child Mortality on the African Economies," Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, vol. 56(2), pages 77-92.
    • Handle: RePEc:ukm:jlekon:v:56:y:2022:i:2:p:77-92
    DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17576/JEM-2022-5602-6
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    Keywords

    economic growth; infant mortality; life expectancy; panel data; under-five mortality;
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    JEL classification:

    • C23 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models
    • I15 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health and Economic Development
    • O40 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - General

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