Muhammad Shahbaz|Nanthakumar Loganathan|Nooreen Mujahid|Amjad Ali|Ahmad Nawaz
Determinants of Life Expectancy and its Prospects Under the Role of Economic Misery: A Case of Pakistan
COMSATS University Islamabad|Sultan Zainal Abidin University|University of Karachi|National College of Business Administration and Economics|COMSATS University Islamabad
present study investigates determinants life expectancy presence economic misery using pakistans time series data period 19722012 stationary properties variables examined applying unit root test accommodating structural breaks ardl bounds testing approach cointegration applied examine long run relationship variables findings show cointegration variables confirmed moreover health spending improves life expectancy food supply contributes life expectancy rise economic misery deteriorates life expectancy urbanization enhances life expectancy illiteracy declines causality analysis reveals life expectancy granger cause health spending food supply economic misery urbanization illiteracy paper opens new insights policy making authorities consider role economic misery formulating comprehensive economic policy improve life expectancy pakistan