Comparison of Sustainability Concepts in China and the Czech Republic - Analysis of Determinants of Life Expectancy at Birth

Yue Zhao

Master's thesis

Abstract:

We are living in a globalized world, where all countries are collaborating from economics to human development. The relationship between China and the Czech Republic in recent years has entered the best period in history, which makes them a greater impact role on another one. Therefore, it is important to understand sustainable development in each of the two countries so that further partnerships could be made. The dissertation, first of all, compares the sustainable development in China and the Czech Republic. Several indicators, namely SGD index score, CO2 emission per capita, GDP growth, GDP per capita, the export of goods and service (% of GDP), unemployment rate, Aging Index, dependency ratio, and life expectancy, are compared, and further informative discussions are provided.This study also explores the relationship between life expectancy and its determinants using OLS regression analysis in time-series data from 2000 – 2017 of China and the Czech Republic. To avoid spurious regression, the first difference method is used to make the time series stationary. The results reveal a significant negative correlation between the unemployment rate and life expectancy in both China and the Czech Republic. It also finds out GDP per capita has a significant positive impact on life expectancy, but the marginal effect is very small in both countries. CO2 emission per capita is found a significant negative relationship in the Czech Republic, but insignificant negative in China. A stronger correlation between health expenditure per capita is found in the upper-middle-income country, China, but not in the high-income country, the Czech Republic. However, physician density does influence the Czech Republic. Other variables, including basic drinking service and crude divorce rate, are also examined in the paper.

Keywords

Sustainability, Sustainable development, SGDs, Life expectancy, China, Czech Republic

Jazyk práce: English

Datum vytvoření / odevzdání či podání práce: 5. 4. 2020

Obhajoba závěrečné práce

• Vedúci: Ing. Petr Procházka, MSc Ph.D.

Czech University of Life Sciences Prague

Faculty of Economics and Management

Master programme / odbor:
Economics Policy and Administration / Business Administration