Table 3.

Regression results for life expectancy

OLS
GDP per capita	3.582*	(2.068)	3.430	(2.215)	3.103*	(1.548)	3.254*	(1.688)	3.510*	(2.080)
Public Health Expenditure	0.195	(0.714)	0.337	(0.713)	0.261	(0.706)	0.092	(0.687)	0.232	(0.784)
Female literacy	0.101***	(0.030)	0.093***	(0.029)	0.097***	(0.029)	0.101***	(0.030)	0.093***	(0.029)
Sanitation	2.909*	(1.635)	3.494**	(1.574)	3.525**	(1.519)	3.474**	(1.520)	3.663**	(1.450)
Government Effectiveness	2.007**	(0.899)
Regulatory Quality			0.833	(1.283)
Control of Corruption					1.190	(0.948)
Rule of Law							2.362*	(1.234)
Voice and Accountability									0.776	(1.151)
Constant	14.178	(14.12)	12.993	(15.23)	15.204	(12.85)	14.896	(13.32)	11.851	(13.77)
Adjusted R-squared	0.45		0.44		0.44		0.46		0.44
F	25.01		28.15		25.76		24.45		24.85
Observations	372		372		372		372		372
IV
GDP per capita	2.017*	(1.267)	1.876	(1.616)	2.521*	(1.683)	2.052*	(1.602)	2.825**	(1.688)
Public Health Expenditure	0.601***	(0.264)	0.803	(0.595)	0.622***	(0.201)	0.349*	(0.590)	0.690	(0.637)
Female literacy	0.131***	(0.020)	0.112***	(0.020)	0.125***	(0.021)	0.134***	(0.020)	0.122***	(0.021)
Sanitation	0.551	(1.364)	1.832	(1.281)	2.306*	(1.321)	1.550	(1.268)	2.342*	(1.348)
Government Effectiveness	3.602***	(0.942)
Regulatory Quality			3.522***	(0.847)
Control of Corruption					1.289*	(0.743)
Rule of Law							4.448***	(0.923)
Voice and Accountability									0.124	(0.817)
Sargan (p-value)	0.481		0.237		0.174		0.290		0.187
Adjusted R-squared	0.33		0.34		0.29		0.36		0.28
F	28.70		29.55		24.99		31.44		24.04
Observations	223		223		223		223		223

Standard errors in parentheses

^* p < 0.10, ^** p < 0.05, ^*** p < 0.01