Abstract
This study investigates the impact of different levels of education on life expectancy of males
and females in Pakistan using annual time series data from 1971 to 2017. The research on
determinants of population health has proliferated in recent years. A number of indicators such
as income, trade openness and climate change have been identified in the empirical literature on
health determinants. Surprisingly, the importance of education has been less focused in the
literature. In particular, to the best of our knowledge, the relationship of health and education in
the case of Pakistan is not analyzed. The empirical analysis for the effect of education on health
is based on the ARDL approach to cointegration. Moreover, Generalized Method of Moments
(GMM) estimation technique is used to obtain more reliable estimates. The empirical findings
show that primary and secondary education significantly and positively enhance population
health. This relationship remains robust for a separate analysis of both males and females life
expectancy. This study recommends that investment in primary and secondary education will not
only improve the education status of Pakistan but it will also improve the health status of both
males and females, thereby alleviating health burden of the population.
Farzana Naheed Khan, Muhammad Tariq Majeed. (2018) Education levels and Life Expectancy of Males and Females: Empirical Evidence from Pakistan, Journal of Arts and Social sciences, Volume 5, Issue 1.
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