School of Economics, Shandong Women's University, Jinan, China.
Qingdao Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Qingdao, China.
Front Public Health. 2022 Jul 1;10:948964. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.948964. eCollection 2022.
Asian countries have shown remarkable progress in financial inclusion and have become the world's fastest-growing regions. However, the financial inclusion-human health nexus has not received much attention. This study contributes to the empirical literature by examining the effect of financial inclusion on population health using panel data from Asian countries from 2007 to 2019. Population health is measured by death rate and life expectancy at birth. Our study finding shows that digital financial inclusion increases life expectancy but decreases the death rate in Asia. At the same time, financial inclusion positively impacts life expectancy and has a negative impact on the death rate in Asia. Finding also suggests that Internet users, GDP, and FDI have improved population health by increasing life expectancy and decreasing the death rate. The results suggest some essential policy implications.
亚洲国家在金融包容性方面取得了显著进展，已成为世界上增长最快的地区。然而，金融包容性与人类健康之间的关系尚未得到太多关注。本研究使用 2007 年至 2019 年亚洲国家的面板数据，考察了金融包容性对人口健康的影响，为实证文献做出了贡献。人口健康用死亡率和出生时预期寿命来衡量。我们的研究结果表明，数字金融包容性提高了亚洲的预期寿命，但降低了死亡率。同时，金融包容性对亚洲的预期寿命和死亡率都有积极影响。研究还表明，互联网用户、国内生产总值和外国直接投资通过提高预期寿命和降低死亡率，改善了人口健康。研究结果提出了一些重要的政策启示。
