Population health status and economic growth in Chinese provinces: Some policy implications

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 377-382

  Murthy, Vasudeva N R ^a   Okunade, Albert A ^b  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

economic growth; life expectancy; maternal mortality rate; robust regression

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH WORKER; INCOME; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; POLICY MAKING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CHINA;

EID: 84892463723     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: 14664291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2013.859369     Document Type: Article

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