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Public health financing, environmental quality, and the quality of life in Nigeria
Author(s) -
Nathaniel Solomon,
Khan Syed
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of public affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.221
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 1479-1854
pISSN - 1472-3891
DOI - 10.1002/pa.2103
Subject(s) - cointegration , life expectancy , causality (physics) , quality of life (healthcare) , urbanization , environmental quality , quality (philosophy) , public health , business , economics , public life , economic growth , public economics , environmental health , political science , medicine , econometrics , population , philosophy , physics , nursing , epistemology , quantum mechanics , law , politics
This study explores the relationship between health financing, environmental quality, and the quality of life in Nigeria. The Bayer and Hanck cointegration test affirms cointegration. Findings further reveal that CO 2 emissions have no meaningful impact on life expectancy in the short run. In the long run, urbanization significantly deteriorates the quality of life. Also, public health expenditure has not contributed meaningfully to the quality of life. The study discovers no evidence of a feedback causality, but a one‐way causality flowing from urbanization to CO 2 emissions. Policies that can enhance a sustainable environment and improve the quality of life are discussed.