Reversing environmental deterioration: the role of human capital in developing countries

Chondrogianni, Anastasia; Tsalaporta, Pinelopi

doi:10.1007/s10644-022-09475-4

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“…A 1% rise in LECONG will lead to increase degradation. Our study is akin to the following studies, for Pakistan; Chondrogianni and Tsalaporta (2023) in developing countries.…”

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Assessing the Environmental Impact of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy: Evidence from Pakistan

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Farooq

Faheem

et al. 2023

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Decreased environmental degradation has come to the forefront of policy debates and academic investigations. Using data from the Pakistan economy, which accounts for a substantial amount of global carbon emissions, investigate the effects of energy efficiency, human capital, renewable energy, and economic growth on the environment from 1990 to 2020. We reveal the influence of human capital by focusing on education investment to provide an understanding of the necessity of policy-making in Pakistan to prevent environmental deterioration. According to the findings, human capital expansion is substantially associated with lower CO2 emissions. Using the autoregressive distributed lag model (ARDL) estimate method, we present a complete analysis of the energy efficiency-environmental deterioration nexus. Energy efficiency, renewable energy, and human capital all are adversely associated and considerable influence on the environment. To attain a green environment, the study recommends strategies to boost energy efficiency, renewable energy, and human capital.

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“…A 1% rise in LECONG will lead to increase degradation. Our study is akin to the following studies, for Pakistan; Chondrogianni and Tsalaporta (2023) in developing countries.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Assessing the Environmental Impact of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy: Evidence from Pakistan

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Farooq

Faheem

et al. 2023

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“…(2022) use data for OECD countries over the period 1996–2016 to examine the impact of human development on environmental degradation and show that progress in human development ensures environmental sustainability. Recently, Chondrogianni and Tsalaporta (2023) using a data from 14 developing countries with a large share of carbon emissions over the period 1980–2019 examine the role of human capital on mitigating environmental deterioration. The results show that human capital progress is strongly associated with reductions in CO2 emissions.…”

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The effect of population aging on environmental degradation: new evidence and insights

Hondroyiannis¹,

Papapetrou²,

Tsalaporta³

2023

JES

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PurposeThe Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries are facing unprecedented challenges related to climate change and population aging. The purpose of the analysis is to explore the relationship between population aging and environmental degradation, accounting for human capital, using a sample of 19 OECD countries over the period 1980–2019.Design/methodology/approachOn the empirical methodology, the analysis uses panel estimators with heterogenous coefficients and an error structure that takes into consideration cross-country heterogeneity and cross-sectional dependence for a panel of 19 OECD countries over the period 1980–2019. To examine the relationship between population aging and environmental degradation, the authors employ two alternative measures of environmental degradation that is energy consumption and CO2 emissions in metric tons per capita. Concerning the regressors, the authors account for two alternative aging indicators, namely the elderly population and the old-age dependency ratios to confirm robustness.FindingsThe analysis provides evidence that population aging and human capital development (IHC) lead to lower energy consumption in the OECD sample. Overall, the growing number of elderly people in the OECD seems to act as a mitigating factor for energy consumption. The authors view these results as conveying the message that the evolution of population aging along with channeling government expenditures towards human capital enhancement are important drivers of curbing energy consumption and ensuring environmental sustainability. The authors' research is of great significance for environmental policymakers by illuminating the favorable energy consumption patterns that population aging brings to advanced economies.Research limitations/implicationsThe main limitation of this study concerns data availability. Future research, and subject to greater data availability in the future, could dig deeper into understanding the dynamics of this complex nexus by incorporating additional control variables. Similarly, the authors focus on aggregate renewable energy consumption, and the authors do not explicitly model the sources of renewable energy (wind, hydropower, solar power, solid biofuels and other). Additional analysis of the breakdown of renewable energy sources would be insightful – subject to data availability – especially for meeting the recently agreed new target of 42.5% for European Union (EU) countries by 2030. A deep transformation of the European energy system is needed for the EU to meet the target. Finally, extending the model to include a range of non-OECD countries that are also experiencing demographic transformations is a promising avenue for future research.Originality/valueTo the best of the authors' knowledge, this study is the first to examine the effects of population aging and human capital on environmental degradation using a broad set of OECD countries and advanced spectrum estimation methods. Given cross-sectional dependencies and cross-country heterogeneity, the authors' empirical results underline the importance of cross-OECD policy spillovers and knowledge diffusions across the OECD countries. The new “energy culture” calls for concerted policy action even in an aging era.

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Catalyzing climate change mitigation: investigating the influence of renewable energy investments across BRICS

Dilanchiev,

Urinov,

Humbatova

et al. 2024

Econ Change Restruct

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Reversing environmental deterioration: the role of human capital in developing countries

Cited by 8 publications

References 33 publications

Assessing the Environmental Impact of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy: Evidence from Pakistan

Assessing the Environmental Impact of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy: Evidence from Pakistan

The effect of population aging on environmental degradation: new evidence and insights

Catalyzing climate change mitigation: investigating the influence of renewable energy investments across BRICS

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