...Karim Mimouni; Akram Temimi; Karim Barkat; Mouyad Alsamara Purpose This paper aims to examine the macroeconomic impact of food inflation on life expectancy in 19 Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries from 2000 to 2023, highlighting how income levels, health crises and political instability...

...Cosimo Magazzino; Monica Auteri; Nicolas Schneider; Ferdinando Ofria; Marco Mele Purpose The objective of this study is to reevaluate the correlation among pharmaceutical consumption, per capita income, and life expectancy across different age groups (at birth, middle age, and advanced age) within...

...Kashif Munir; Faqeer Syed Umaid Shahid Purpose This study examines the long-run and short-run impact of demographic factors, i.e. life expectancy, fertility rate and young dependency ratio in determining the economic growth of South Asian countries. Design/methodology/approach The theoretical...