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Nexus Among Economic Growth, Education, Health, and Environment: Dynamic Analysis of World-Level Data

2019; Frontiers Media; Volume: 7; Linguagem: Inglês

10.3389/fpubh.2019.00307

2296-2565

Suleman Sarwar, Majid Ibrahim Alsaggaf, Cao Ting-qiu,

Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies

The aim of current study is to examine the nexus among economic growth, education, health issues and carbon emission for the panel of 161 countries. Education and health have confirmed insignificant coefficients for economic growth and carbon emission, mention that higher education and better health conditions are not useful for boosting economic development and for controlling environmental degradation process. Empirical estimations have reported that higher capital investment leads to increase the economic process and carbon emission. Higher educational standard and capital investment helps to control the health issues, in long-run and short-run. On contrary, higher carbon emission creates health issues. The given results can provide support to the economic, social and environmental policy makers during policy decisions. Such as, the study suggests green financing and low carbon economy concept; the government and industries have to increase the investment on latest, energy efficient and green technologies which are useful for economic development, as well as to control the environmental degradation process.