Impact of Ecological Footprint on the Longevity of Human Life: A Case of Emerging Asian Economies

Abstract

The focus of this study is to explore the factors affecting life expectancy has been the focal of economics literature for both developed and developing countries. Among others, degradation in environmental quality has characterized differentiation in human life expectancy in different countries. People in developed countries like the United States of America and Japan live longer than people living in developing countries such as India, and Bangladesh. Therefore, the study in hand aims to explore the relationship between human life expectancy with ecological and environmental factors in emerging Asian countries. This study has utilized panel data from 2000 to 2019 for Bangladesh, China, India, Malaysia, the Republic of Korea, Singapore, and Thailand. The research emphasizes that human life expectancy is at risk under the consequences of rising ecological footprint and climate change in emerging Asian countries. The findings of the study serve the stakeholders and policymakers of emerging Asian economies and pave the sustainable path for other countries to follow to increase human life expectancy, not at the cost of ecological footprint.