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May 20, 2026F1000ResearchOpen Access

Environmental Degradation, Life Expectancy, and Institutional Quality: Evidence from the European Experience

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XMXimena Morales-UrrutiaUniversidad Técnica de AmbatoDVDavid Vega-CamachoUniversidad Técnica de AmbatoANAracelly Núñez-NaranjoUniversidad Tecnológica Indoamérica

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Examines the effects of environmental degradation on life expectancy in Europe, suggesting varied impacts based on income levels.

Key Points

  • This study aims to investigate how environmental degradation influences life expectancy across different income levels in 20 European Union countries.
  • Dynamic panel data model estimated using Generalized Method of Moments (GMM)
  • Analyzed data from 2000 to 2020 in 20 European Union countries
  • Controlled for endogeneity, unobserved heterogeneity, and autocorrelation
  • In middle-income countries, CO2 emissions are negatively associated with life expectancy (p<0.05)
  • Renewable energy use shows a positive association with life expectancy in middle-income countries, statistically significant (p<0.05)
  • In high-income countries, higher fossil fuel consumption is paradoxically linked to increased life expectancy due to strong welfare and regulatory systems

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Morales-Urrutia et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a0d4fd2f03e14405aa9b3c3https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.176930.2
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