Can education lower the environmental degradation? Bootstrap panel Granger causality analysis for emerging countries

Aytun, Cengiz; Akın, Cemil Serhat

doi:10.1007/s10668-021-01877-0

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“…, 2023; Hatemi-J, 2022; Gorus et al. , 2023; Usman and Bashir, 2022; Aytun and Akin, 2022; Gezer, 2022; Abar, 2022; Juodis et al. , 2021; Dumitrescu and Hurlin, 2012; Kar et al.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…This approach's causal inference is valid since it compensates for potential simultaneity bias, omitted variable bias and endogeneity concerns. Five, aside from the Dumitrescu-Hurlin approach, there are other variants of bootstrap causality that account for policy variations across cross-sectional units in panel causality that are also designed within bivariate analysis (Yıldırım et al, 2023;Hatemi-J, 2022;Gorus et al, 2023;Usman and Bashir, 2022;Aytun and Akin, 2022;Gezer, 2022;Abar, 2022;Juodis et al, 2021;Dumitrescu and Hurlin, 2012;Kar et al, 2011;Emirmahmutoglu and Kose, 2011;K onya, 2006). Six, Hatemi-j (2012) introduced the novel idea of asymmetric causality based on bivariate causality principles.…”

Section: Data Decomposition and Model Specificationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Inflation-poverty causal nexus in sub-Saharan African countries: an asymmetric panel causality approach

Olaniyi,

Odhiambo

2024

ITPD

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PurposeThis study examines the roles of cross-sectional dependence, asymmetric structure and country-to-country policy variations in the inflation-poverty reduction causal nexus in selected sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries from 1981 to 2019.Design/methodology/approachTo account for cross-sectional dependence, heterogeneity and policy variations across countries in the inflation-poverty reduction causal nexus, this study uses robust Hatemi-J data decomposition procedures and a battery of second-generation techniques. These techniques include cross-sectional dependency tests, panel unit root tests, slope homogeneity tests and the Dumitrescu-Hurlin panel Granger non-causality approach.FindingsUnlike existing studies, the panel and country-specific findings exhibit several dimensions of asymmetric causality in the inflation-poverty nexus. Positive inflationary shocks Granger-causes poverty reduction through investment and employment opportunities that benefit the impoverished in SSA. These findings align with country-specific analyses of Botswana, Cameroon, Gabon, Mauritania, South Africa and Togo. Also, a decline in poverty causes inflation to increase in the Congo Republic, Madagascar, Nigeria, Senegal and Togo. All panel and country-specific analyses reveal at least one dimension of asymmetric causality or another.Practical implicationsAll stakeholders and policymakers must pay adequate attention to issues of asymmetric structures, nonlinearities and country-to-country policy variations to address country-specific issues and the socioeconomic problems in the probable causal nexus between the high incidence of extreme poverty and double-digit inflation rates in most SSA countries.Originality/valueStudies on the inflation-poverty nexus are not uncommon in economic literature. Most existing studies focus on inflation’s effect on poverty. Existing studies that examine the inflation-poverty causal relationship covertly assume no asymmetric structure and nonlinearity. Also, the issues of cross-sectional dependence and heterogeneity are unexplored in the causal link in existing studies. All panel studies covertly impose homogeneous policies on countries in the causality. This study relaxes this supposition by allowing policies to vary across countries in the panel framework. Thus, this study makes three-dimensional contributions to increasing understanding of the inflation-poverty nexus.

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“…, 2023; Hatemi-J, 2022; Gorus et al. , 2023; Usman and Bashir, 2022; Aytun and Akin, 2022; Gezer, 2022; Abar, 2022; Juodis et al. , 2021; Dumitrescu and Hurlin, 2012; Kar et al.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Inflation-poverty causal nexus in sub-Saharan African countries: an asymmetric panel causality approach

Olaniyi,

Odhiambo

2024

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“…[31][32][33][34][35] In general, Asian environmental studies have focused on time-series analysis at the country level to provide macro guidance for a sustainable economy, whereas studies on the pollution-income debate still need to be well explored across regions and industries. 7,36,37 Inspired by the existing literature, this study considers overlooked regional characteristics, such as administrative ranking, in examining the EKC, 37 which can provide practical guidance for green transformation in regions to enrich Asian EKC studies. In short, the EKC framework will be expanded by factoring heterogeneity in evaluating the relationship between hazardous industrial discharges and economic growth to reflect the area's progress in green transformation.…”

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“…In general, Asian environmental studies have focused on time-series analysis at the country level to provide macro guidance for a sustainable economy, whereas studies on the pollution-income debate still need to be well explored across regions and industries. 7 , 36 , 37 …”

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Green-production transitions and hazardous industrial discharge: A regional case study from China

Hou

2023

Science Progress

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Green production, which reduces hazardous industrial discharges per unit output, is promoted throughout China. The Environmental Kuznets Curve suggests a negative correlation between hazardous industrial discharge and economic growth due to green innovation. This study expanded the EKC framework by including heterogeneity in evaluating the relationship between hazardous industrial discharges and economic growth to reflect green transformation. Administrative ranking disparity is identified as one of the fundamental driving forces of green production transition in a developing country. Building on an enriched EKC framework, we used a spatial estimation model to exclude spatial effects and obtained accurate estimates of the classified regions. The modified research method was used to examine whether industrial pollution has been reduced in 267 cities and towns in China from 2007 to 2021. Environmental protection performance was examined to estimate whether there is a switch to green manufacturing. As industrial hazards are of different types, the author sought to determine whether there was a decrease in industrial sulphur dioxide emissions, wastewater, solid waste, or dust, even though more industrial hazards were recycled than before. The spatial estimates indicated that (a) the national level of pollution remains positively linked with the total output, and every percentage of output growth increases sulphur dioxide emissions by 444.573 tons; (b) a positive relationship between economic growth and wastewater is altered by environmental protection in cities, while the general decoupling between economic growth and other types of industrial pollution, such as solid waste and industrial dust, was not observed; (c) growth in the southeast was decoupled from sulphur emissions, and its sulphur dioxide production per unit of output increased to 0.021 tons. Sulphur dioxide emissions per unit of economic growth along the southeast coast were 379. 048 tons, which was well below the overall average of 444.573 tons. High-income towns along the southeast coast have achieved clean production breakthroughs, realising a 15% reduction in industrial sulphur dioxide emissions by 2021. Although there were signs of a shift toward clean manufacturing in high administrative ranking cities, most regions of China are transitioning to environmentally friendly manufacturing and suffer from the hardships of green production transformation.

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Environmental Sustainability Across BRICS Economies: the Dynamics Among the Digital Economy, Education, and CO2 Emissions

Dong,

Song,

Jiang

et al. 2024

J Knowl Econ

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Can education lower the environmental degradation? Bootstrap panel Granger causality analysis for emerging countries

Cited by 8 publications

References 82 publications

Inflation-poverty causal nexus in sub-Saharan African countries: an asymmetric panel causality approach

Inflation-poverty causal nexus in sub-Saharan African countries: an asymmetric panel causality approach

Green-production transitions and hazardous industrial discharge: A regional case study from China

Environmental Sustainability Across BRICS Economies: the Dynamics Among the Digital Economy, Education, and CO2 Emissions

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