Table 3 Regression results for life expectancy

GDP per capita

3.582^*

(2.068)

3.430

(2.215)

3.103^*

(1.548)

3.254^*

(1.688)

3.510^*

(2.080)

Public Health Expenditure

0.195

(0.714)

0.337

(0.713)

0.261

(0.706)

0.092

(0.687)

0.232

(0.784)

Female literacy

0.101^***

(0.030)

0.093^***

(0.029)

0.097^***

(0.029)

0.101^***

(0.030)

0.093^***

(0.029)

Sanitation

2.909^*

(1.635)

3.494^**

(1.574)

3.525^**

(1.519)

3.474^**

(1.520)

3.663^**

(1.450)

Government Effectiveness

2.007^**

(0.899)

Regulatory Quality

0.833

(1.283)

Control of Corruption

1.190

(0.948)

Rule of Law

2.362^*

(1.234)

Voice and Accountability

0.776

(1.151)

Constant

14.178

(14.12)

12.993

(15.23)

15.204

(12.85)

14.896

(13.32)

11.851

(13.77)

Adjusted R-squared

0.45

0.44

0.44

0.46

0.44

F

25.01

28.15

25.76

24.45

24.85

Observations

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372

372

372

372

GDP per capita

2.017^*

(1.267)

1.876

(1.616)

2.521^*

(1.683)

2.052^*

(1.602)

2.825^**

(1.688)

Public Health Expenditure

0.601^***

(0.264)

0.803

(0.595)

0.622^***

(0.201)

0.349^*

(0.590)

0.690

(0.637)

Female literacy

0.131^***

(0.020)

0.112^***

(0.020)

0.125^***

(0.021)

0.134^***

(0.020)

0.122^***

(0.021)

Sanitation

0.551

(1.364)

1.832

(1.281)

2.306^*

(1.321)

1.550

(1.268)

2.342^*

(1.348)

Government Effectiveness

3.602^***

(0.942)

Regulatory Quality

3.522^***

(0.847)

Control of Corruption

1.289^*

(0.743)

Rule of Law

4.448^***

(0.923)

Voice and Accountability

0.124

(0.817)

Sargan (p-value)

0.481

0.237

0.174

0.290

0.187

Adjusted R-squared

0.33

0.34

0.29

0.36

0.28

F

28.70

29.55

24.99

31.44

24.04

Observations

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