THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HEALTH DEVELOPMENT INDEX AND FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT INDEX: EVIDENCE FROM HIGH INCOME COUNTRIES

Abstract

Economic growth is a complex process affected by many factors at different levels which is commonly proxied by health. In this study, the causal between health and financial development is investegated using heteregenuis panel causality test over the period 1991-2014. To this end, Principal component analysis is initially applied to construct indexes for each variable. Results show that health development indexgranger causes financial development index.