Accounting for the contribution of foreign direct investment in population health: A case study of Pakistan

This paper examines the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on life expectancy and infant mortality rate under-5 using time series data over the period of 1980–2017. We have applied unit root as well as co-integration tests to examine integrating properties of the variables and cointegration...

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Main Authors: Idrees, Sadia, Abu Bakar, Nor'Aznin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IJRSS 2019
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Online Access:http://repo.uum.edu.my/28202/1/IJRSS%209%205%202019%201%2022.pdf
http://repo.uum.edu.my/28202/
https://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:ijrss&volume=9&issue=5&article=002
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Summary:This paper examines the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on life expectancy and infant mortality rate under-5 using time series data over the period of 1980–2017. We have applied unit root as well as co-integration tests to examine integrating properties of the variables and cointegration among the variables. Moreover, we apply the ARDL approach to measure the longrun and short-run impact of FDI on life expectancy and the infant mortality rate under-5. The empirical evidence confirms the presence of co-integration amid the variables. FDI increase population health measured by life expectancy and to reduce the infant mortality rate under-5 in the long-run.