Abstract:

This study focuses on the determinants of life expectancy in the Turkish Republics using panel data analyses for the period 1995-2011. Here, some panel unit root tests, panel cointegration methods and panel regression models are used in order to test the long run relationship between the variables. Empirical results show that the variables are stationary at their first differences. It is also found that the variables are cointegrated. Panel regression estimations reveal that the impact of urban population, per capita GDP and household final consumption expenditure on life expectancy is positive and statistically significant. On the other hand, it is found that population density, imports and mortality rate affect life expectancy negatively. The study also provides some policy implications.

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