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Globalisation, technology and global health
Shobande, Olatunji Abdul; Ogbeifun, Lawrence; Asongu, … - 2022
This study explored whether globalisation and technology are harmful to health for a global panel dataset of 52 … empirical evidence highlights the significance of globalisation and technology in promoting global health. Our findings are not … only of interest because it suggests that globalisation has varied impact on global health indicators, but they indicate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013389145
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Drivers and Persistence of Death in Conflicts : Global Evidence
Asongu, Simplice; Uduji, Joseph I.; Okolo-Obasi, Elda N. - 2020
We investigate persistence and determinants of deaths from conflicts in a sample of 163 countries for the period 2010 to 2015. The empirical evidence is based on Generalised Method of Moments. First, the findings are contingent on income levels, religious-domination, landlockedness, regional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014093830
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Demographic change and wealth inequality : global evidence
Asongu, Simplice; Simo-Kengne, Beatrice D. - 2022
This study explores the effect of various demographic features on wealth share using yearly data for 43 countries. Empirical results from quantile regressions indicate that besides macroeconomic and institutional factors, population ageing and the high size of working population exhibit some...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013419124
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Health vulnerability versus economic resilience to the Covid-19 pandemic : global evidence
Asongu, Simplice; Diop, Samba; Nnanna, Joseph - 2020
-Pacific and the Middle East, America and Europe. The study develops a health vulnerability index (HVI) and leverages on an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012301761
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Globalisation, Technology and Global Health
Shobande, Olatunji; Ogbeifun, Lawrence; Asongu, Simplice - 2023
This study explored whether globalisation and technology are harmful to health for a global panel dataset of 52 … empirical evidence highlights the significance of globalisation and technology in promoting global health. Our findings are not … only of interest because they suggest that globalisation has varied impact on global health indicators, but they indicate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014256005
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Backwardness advantage and economic growth in the information age : a cross-country empirical study
Vu, Khuong; Asongu, Simplice - 2020
This paper seeks to gain insights into whether developing countries benefit more from the backwardness advantage for economic growth in the Information Age. The paper examines this concern through three complementary approaches. First, it derives theoretical grounds from the existing economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012251917
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Aid, terrorism, and foreign direct investment : empirical insight conditioned on corruption control
Efobi, Uchenna Rapuluchukwu; Asongu, Simplice; … - In: International economic journal 32 (2018) 4, pp. 610-630
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012041902
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Comparative determinants of quality of growth in developing countries
Asongu, Simplice; Asongu, Ndemaze - In: International journal of happiness and development 4 (2018) 1, pp. 65-89
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011871898
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Conditional linkages between iron ore exports, foreign aid and terrorism
Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2016
We employ interactive quantile regressions to assess conditional linkages between foreign aid, iron ore exports and terrorism from a panel of 78 developing countries for the period 1984-2008. The following main findings are established. First, it is primarily in the countries with the highest...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011542271
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Foreign direct investment, aid and terrorism : empirical insight conditioned on corruption control
Efobi, Uchenna Rapuluchukwu; Asongu, Simplice; … - 2015
This study checks the effect of foreign aid on terrorism and FDI, conditioned on domestic levels of corruption-control (CC). The empirical evidence is based on a sample of 78 countries for the period 1984-2008. The following findings are established: the negative effect of terrorism on FDI is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011408857