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Energy Consumption and Health Outcomes in Africa
BenYoussef, Adel; Lannes, Laurence; Rault, Christophe; … - 2016
strongly linked in Africa. Unilateral causality is found from energy consumption to life expectancy and child under-5 mortality … for Senegal, Morocco, Benin, DRC, Algeria, Egypt, and South Africa. At the same time, we found a bilateral causality … between energy consumption and health indicators in Nigeria. In particular, our findings suggest that electricity consumption …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011584640
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MIMIC models, cointegration and error correction: an application to the French shadow economy
Bühn, Andreas; Schneider, Friedrich G. - 2008
The analysis of economic loss attributed to the shadow economy has attracted much attention in recent years by both academics and policy makers. Often, multiple indicators multiple causes (MIMIC) models are applied to time series data estimating the size and development of the shadow economy for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276685
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MIMIC Models, Cointegration and Error Correction: An Application to the French Shadow Economy
Buehn, Andreas; Schneider, Friedrich - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
The analysis of economic loss attributed to the shadow economy has attracted much attention in recent years by both academics and policy makers. Often, multiple indicators multiple causes (MIMIC) models are applied to time series data estimating the size and development of the shadow economy for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762169
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On Econometric Analysis of Structural Systems with Permanent and Transitory Shocks and Exogenous Variables
Pagan, Adrian; Pesaran, M. Hashem - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
This paper considers the implications of the permanent/transitory decomposition of shocks for identification of structural models in the general case where the model might contain more than one permanent structural shock. It provides a simple and intuitive generalization of the influential work...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822651
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The Impact of Oil Revenues on the Iranian Economy and the Gulf States
Dreger, Christian; Rahmani, Teymur - 2014
In line with the neoclassical growth model a persistent stream of oil revenues might have a long lasting impact on GDP per capita in oil exporting countries through higher investment activities. This relationship is explored for Iran and the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) using...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010352334
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What Matters for Environmental Quality in the Next-11 Countries: Economic Growth or Income Inequality?
Padhan, Hemachandra; Haouas, Ilham; Sahoo, Bhagaban; … - 2018
This study uses 1971-2013 panel data to explore the implications of growth, wealth disparities and energy consumption on carbon emissions in a sample of Next-Eleven (N-11) countries. It uses modern econometric techniques to highlight a long-run interplay between selected variables in the carbon...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011873411
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Health Care Expenditures in OECD Countries : A Panel Unit Root and Cointegration Analysis
Dreger, Christian; Reimers, Hans-Eggert - 2005
This paper investigates the link between health care expenditures and GDP for a sample of 21 OECD countries using recent developed panel cointegration techniques. In contrast to previous studies, the analysis accounts for the fact that health care expenditures are not only determined by income....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262194
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International migration with heterogeneous agents: theory and evidence
Brücker, Herbert; Schröder, Philipp J. H. - 2006
International migration is characterized by two puzzling facts: First, only a small share of the population tends to migrate although substantial and persisting income differences across countries exist. Second, net migration rates tend to cease over time despite persisting income differences....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267521
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Do foreigners replace native immigrants? Evidence from a panel cointegration analysis
Brücker, Herbert; Fachin, Stefano; Venturini, Alessandra - 2009
This paper examines the impact of the immigration of foreigners on domestic labour mobility. Since David Card's seminal study on the regional labour market impact of the Mariel Boatlift it is controversial whether domestic labour mobility equilibrates economic conditions across cities and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271297
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The Impact of Oil Revenues on the Iranian Economy and the Gulf States
Dreger, Christian; Rahmani, Teymur - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
In line with the neoclassical growth model a persistent stream of oil revenues might have a long lasting impact on GDP per capita in oil exporting countries through higher investment activities. This relationship is explored for Iran and the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) using...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010757349