The purpose of this study is to analyse the determinants of life expectancy as proxy for health status of the OECD … countries' population. A production function of health is used to explain expectancy life at birth for total and ageing … population and according to gender. Socio-economic factors, health resources and lifestyles are defined as the main determinants …

. The purpose of this study is to explore the effects of child nutrition and health on their cognitive achievements measured … by the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT) test score using a static panel model. The regression analysis shows that …