Ekonomik Değişkenlerin Kadın ve Erkeğin Yaşam Süresine Etkisi
The Effect of Economic Variables on Life Expectancy of Males and Females
Author(s): Dilek Teker, Suat Teker, Mine SönmezSubject(s): Gender Studies, Health and medicine and law, Demography and human biology, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Orhan Sağçolak
Keywords: life expectancy; health expenditures; unit root test; cointegration test; vector error correction test;
Summary/Abstract: In this study, the relationship between life expectancy of men and women in Turkey and socio-economic variables are examined. The effect of demographic and economic factors such as the ratio of health expenditures to GDP, the ratio of elderly to employable population, the number of hospital beds per thousand people, the number of doctors per thousand patients are analyzed for a period of 1975-2009. In this study, the unit root test is initialy applied to each data set and then the cointegration test results is interpreted to determine whether a meaningful relationship exists between indicators in the long-term. Finally, the effects of the underlying factors on men and women were examined by vector error correction model. These results support that each factor has a significant effect on the life expectancy of men and women in Turkey.
Journal: İşletme Araştırmaları Dergisi
- Issue Year: 4/2012
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 118-126
- Page Count: 9
- Language: Turkish
