ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Public Health
Sec. Health Economics
Volume 13 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1554336
This article is part of the Research TopicThe Intersection of Psychology, Healthy Behaviors, and its OutcomesView all 102 articles
Economic and Social Determinants of Life Expectancy in China
Provisionally accepted
- 1Graduate School of Business and Advance Technology Management, Assumption University, Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand
- 2Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China
- 3Zhejiang University of Science and Technology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
- 4Yulin Normal University, Yulin, Shaanxi, China
- 5Hangzhou Open University, Hangzhou, China
- 6College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Shaoxing University Yuanpei College, Shaoxing, China
- 7Dongbei University of Finance and Economics, Dalian, Liaoning Province, China
- 8Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou, China
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Life expectancy (LEX) is closely linked to SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being, which aims to ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all ages. Improving LEX reflects progress in reducing preventable diseases, enhancing healthcare access, and addressing social determinants of health. By focusing on economic growth, education, and healthcare, countries can achieve sustainable improvements in life expectancy, contributing to the broader goals of SDG 3. Previous studies take economic or social determinants of LEX individually. Thus, this study fills the gap to empirically examines the impact of Economic and social determinants of LEX in China from 2000 to 2023. This study utilizes the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL), Fully Modified Ordinary Least Squares (FMOLS), and Dynamic Ordinary Least Squares (DOLS) estimators. The finding shows that health expenditure (HE), birth rate (BR), and education (EDU) have a positive effect on LEX. On the other hand, inflation (INF), population growth (PG), and mortality rate (MR) negatively affect LEX. This study has several policy recommendations based on findings to enhance the LEX in China.
Keywords: economic, social, Life Expectancy, China, ARDL
Received: 01 Jan 2025; Accepted: 30 Apr 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Li, Zhan, Tao, Wang, Gu, He, Zhu and Dong. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Bingcheng Zhu, Dongbei University of Finance and Economics, Dalian, 116025, Liaoning Province, China
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