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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Antic, Miljenko

Titel

The Influence of Political System on Increase in Life Expectancy

Ist Teil von

• Revija za sociologiju, 2004-12, Vol.35 (3-4), p.217-230

Ort / Verlag

Zagreb: Hrvatsko sociolosko drustvo (Croatian Sociological Association)

Erscheinungsjahr

2004

Quelle

EZB-FREE-00999 freely available EZB journals

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• This article investigates the influence of political regime on increase in life expectancy and results are surprising. Even though life expectancy is higher in democracies, dictatorships experienced a faster increase in life expectancy than democracies during the 1960-99 period. Furthermore, a linear regression in this article showed that, even when control variables are included, increase in life expectancy is lower in democracies than in dictatorships. Moreover, countries with higher level of life expectancy and faster growth of BDP per capita experienced faster growth of life expectancy. On the basis of experience of the most successful countries, this article concludes that state sponsored universal health care is the best tool for increasing life expectancy.