A Gateway to SDG‐3: Tourism, Institutional Quality, and Healthy Life in BRICS

ABSTRACT This study, motivated by Sustainable Development Goal (SDG 3) to ensure healthy lives for all age groups, examines the moderating effect of institutional quality (characterized by rule of law, control of corruption, government effectiveness, voice and accountability, political stability, and regulatory quality) in the tourism development‐life expectancy relationship across five BRICS countries from 1996 to 2023. Using fixed effects with Driscoll–Kraay standard errors, we found that tourism development enhances life expectancy in BRICS; however, voice and accountability and regulatory quality act as substitutes in reducing the positive impact of tourism development on life expectancy, while rule of…

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  National Office for Philosophy and Social Sciences
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  National Social Science Fund of China

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