Health and Economic Growth: Evidence from Malaysia

Tan, Soo Hui (2018) Health and Economic Growth: Evidence from Malaysia. Final Year Project (Bachelor), Tunku Abdul Rahman University College.

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Abstract

This study examined the effect of life expectancy on the economic growth in Malaysia by covering the period from 1970 to 2015. Other than life expectancy, this study includes other independent variables such as infant mortality rate, secondary enrolment ratio, investment in physical capital and fertility rate. By using Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL), this study revealed that life expectancy has a significant positive relationship with economic growth. At the same time, economic growth can be enhanced with higher mortality rate, higher physical capital investment and higher fertility rate. Education which was proxied by secondary enrolment ratio found no relationship with economic growth.