Table 3.
Estimation results for Gini coefficient of longevity (UGini calculations).
| Linear regression Coefficient (CI) |
Linear dynamic model Coefficient (CI) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Lagged dependent variable | 0.7624** | 0.4348** |
| (0.6460–0.8788) | (0.2535–0.6162) | |
| Life expectancy | 0.0000 | −0.0004 |
| (-0.0004 - 0.0005) | (-0.0010 - 0.0002) | |
| Educational inequality (UGini) | 0.0231* | 0.0450** |
| (0.0052–0.0411)) | (0.0147–0.0752) | |
| GDP PPP (log) | −0.2627** | −0.0171 |
| (-0.4086 - 0.1168) | (-0.0581 - 0.0239) | |
| GDP PPP (log) squared | 0.0141** | |
| (0.0062–0.0220) | ||
| Health expenditures to GDP (log) | −0.1130 | −0.0232 |
| (-0.2479 - 0.0220) | (-0.0910 - 0.0447) | |
| Health expenditures to GDP (log) squared | 0.0386 | |
| (-0.0019 - 0.0791) | ||
| Alcohol consumption per capita (log) | 0.0252 | 0.0024 |
| (-0.0063 - 0.0567) | (-0.0696 - 0.0743) | |
| Cigarette consumption per capita (log) | −0.0076 | |
| (-0.0280 - 0.0127) | ||
| Lung cancer mortality rate (log) | 0.0006 | 0.0011 |
| (-0.0002 - 0.0015) | (-0.0007 - 0.0030) | |
| External cause mortality rate | 0.0010** | 0.0009** |
| (0.0005–0.0015) | (0.0005–0.0012) | |
| Number of countries | 27 | 31 |
| Time period | 1970–2000 | 1970–2010 |
| Country-fixed effects | Yes | No |
| Observations | 103 | 141 |
| R2/Wald χ2 | 0.99 | 2384.71 |
Notes: CI = confidence interval; GDP = gross domestic product. The sample for the linear regression does not include Croatia, Estonia, Latvia, Luxembourg. Constant included but not reported. ** statistically significant at 0.01 level, * at 0.05 level.