Table 5.
Estimation results for Gini coefficient of longevity (excluding Portugal).
| Linear regression Coefficient (CI) |
Linear dynamic model Coefficient (CI) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Lagged dependent variable | 0.6398** | 0.3375** |
| (0.5334–0.7462) | (0.1502–0.5247) | |
| Life expectancy | 0.0000 | −0.0000 |
| (-0.0000 - 0.0000) | (-0.0001 - 0.0000) | |
| Educational inequality | 0.0109* | 0.0358** |
| (0.0001–0.0216) | (0.0142–0.0573) | |
| GDP PPP (log) | −0.0240** | −0.0036* |
| (-0.0376 - 0.0103) | (-0.0070 - 0.0003) | |
| GDP PPP (log) squared | 0.0012** | |
| (0.0005–0.0020) | ||
| Health expenditures to GDP (log) | −0.0075 | −0.0053* |
| (-0.0218 - 0.0069) | (-0.0104 - 0.0002) | |
| Health expenditures to GDP (log) squared | 0.0022 | |
| (-0.0020 - 0.0065) | ||
| Alcohol consumption per capita (log) | 0.0004 | −0.0017 |
| (-0.0026 - 0.0035) | (-0.0081 - 0.0048) | |
| Cigarette consumption per capita (log) | −0.0003 | |
| (-0.0022 - 0.0016) | ||
| Lung cancer mortality rate (log) | 0.0000 | 0.0001 |
| (-0.0000 - 0.0001) | (-0.0001 - 0.0002) | |
| External cause mortality rate | 0.0001** | 0.0001** |
| (0.0001–0.0002) | (0.0001–0.0001) | |
| Number of countries | 26 | 30 |
| Time period | 1970–2000 | 1970–2010 |
| Country-fixed effects | Yes | No |
| Observations | 97 | 136 |
| R2/Wald χ2 | 0.99 | 1359.58 |
Notes: CI = confidence interval; GDP = gross domestic product. Both samples exclude Portugal. The sample for the linear regression does also not include Croatia, Estonia, Latvia, Luxembourg. Constant included but not reported. ** statistically significant at 0.01 level, * at 0.05 level.