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ANALYZING THE EFFECT OF INFANT MORTALITY LIFE EXPECTANCY AND HEALTH EXPENSES ON LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION IN PAKISTAN

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/ger.2023(VIII-IV).04      10.31703/ger.2023(VIII-IV).04      Published : Dec 2023

Analyzing the Effect of Infant Mortality, Life Expectancy and Health Expenses on Labor Force Participation in Pakistan

Abstract

    This study has analyzed the effect of different health indicators like life expectancy, infant mortality rate and health expenses on labor force participation in Pakistan. The study employs autoregressive distributed lag model on time series data for empirical analysis. The study found that infant mortality rate and life expectancy have important impact on the labor force participation in Pakistan. The regression results indicated that public sector expenditures on health sector also exert positive impact on the labor force participation. This shows that healthy individuals can better participate in the market activities. Moreover, human capital variable like education is also likely to exert positive effect on labor force participation of individuals.

    Health Indicators, Labor Force Participation, Education, Expenditure, Variables

    (1) Ahmad Raza
    Manager, Montrose Deli, United States of America.
    (2) Syed Fahad Ali Shah
    Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Chitral, KP, Pakistan.
    (3) Saif Ul Mujahid Shah
    Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Chitral, KP, Pakistan.
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APA

    APA : Raza, A., Shah, S. F. A., & Shah, S. U. M. (2023). Analyzing the Effect of Infant Mortality, Life Expectancy and Health Expenses on Labor Force Participation in Pakistan. Global Economics Review, VIII(IV), 40-50. https://doi.org/10.31703/ger.2023(VIII-IV).04

CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Raza, Ahmad, Syed Fahad Ali Shah, and Saif Ul Mujahid Shah. 2023. "Analyzing the Effect of Infant Mortality, Life Expectancy and Health Expenses on Labor Force Participation in Pakistan." Global Economics Review, VIII (IV): 40-50 doi: 10.31703/ger.2023(VIII-IV).04

HARVARD

    HARVARD : RAZA, A., SHAH, S. F. A. & SHAH, S. U. M. 2023. Analyzing the Effect of Infant Mortality, Life Expectancy and Health Expenses on Labor Force Participation in Pakistan. Global Economics Review, VIII, 40-50.

MHRA

    MHRA : Raza, Ahmad, Syed Fahad Ali Shah, and Saif Ul Mujahid Shah. 2023. "Analyzing the Effect of Infant Mortality, Life Expectancy and Health Expenses on Labor Force Participation in Pakistan." Global Economics Review, VIII: 40-50

MLA

    MLA : Raza, Ahmad, Syed Fahad Ali Shah, and Saif Ul Mujahid Shah. "Analyzing the Effect of Infant Mortality, Life Expectancy and Health Expenses on Labor Force Participation in Pakistan." Global Economics Review, VIII.IV (2023): 40-50 Print.

OXFORD

    OXFORD : Raza, Ahmad, Shah, Syed Fahad Ali, and Shah, Saif Ul Mujahid (2023), "Analyzing the Effect of Infant Mortality, Life Expectancy and Health Expenses on Labor Force Participation in Pakistan", Global Economics Review, VIII (IV), 40-50

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Raza, Ahmad, Syed Fahad Ali Shah, and Saif Ul Mujahid Shah. "Analyzing the Effect of Infant Mortality, Life Expectancy and Health Expenses on Labor Force Participation in Pakistan." Global Economics Review VIII, no. IV (2023): 40-50. https://doi.org/10.31703/ger.2023(VIII-IV).04