Effect of Energy Consumption on Human Development in the Countries of the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (EMCCA)

Lekana, Hermann Clachel; Ikiemi, Constant Bruno Serges

doi:10.4236/tel.2021.113027

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“…Energy consumption is one of the critical wheels of any economy; without it, holistic development cannot be realised. Some studies are based on energy consumption and quality of life (Martinez and Ebenhack 2008;Mazur 2011;Pirlogea 2012;Pirlogea and Cicea 2012;Lekana and Ikiemi 2021). Pirlogea (2012) obtained a strong positive link between energy use and HDI in a group of 120 nations.…”

Section: Energy Consumption and Subjective Wellbeingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Following Martinez and Ebenhack (2008), Sarpong et al (2020) verified that renewable energy use positively impacted the quality of life in eight South African countries. Lekana and Ikiemi (2021) investigated the impact of energy usage on HDI in Economic and Monetary Community of Central African nations from 1990 to 2019. In comparison to industrialised countries, Mazur (2011) found that electricity usage is a substantial positive indicator of the quality of life in less-developed countries.…”

Section: Energy Consumption and Subjective Wellbeingmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Do energy consumption and environmental quality enhance subjective wellbeing in G20 countries?

Kumari

Kumar

Sahu

2021

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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G20 countries are responsible for more than 80% of global energy consumption and the largest CO 2 emissions in the world. Literature related to the energy consumption-environmental quality-subjective wellbeing nexus is limited and lacks consensus. This paper analyses the impact of energy consumption and environmental quality on subjective wellbeing in G20 countries from 2006 to 2019 using a panel-corrected standard error (PCSE) model. Cantril life ladder data is used as a proxy of subjective wellbeing. For robustness, the Newey-West standard error model is used. The findings reveal that renewable energy consumption and environmental quality, i.e. lesser carbon emissions, enhance subjective wellbeing in G20 countries. In contrast, non-renewable energy consumption degrades subjective wellbeing. Moreover, the study also finds bidirectional causality between renewable energy consumption, non-renewable energy consumption, and economic growth. The policymakers of these countries should encourage renewable energy production and its consumption to reduce carbon emissions for conserving the environment and enhancing their people’s subjective wellbeing.

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Section: Energy Consumption and Subjective Wellbeingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Energy Consumption and Subjective Wellbeingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Do energy consumption and environmental quality enhance subjective wellbeing in G20 countries?

Kumari

Kumar

Sahu

2021

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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“…with Lekana and Ikiemi (2021) for EMCCA and Sinha and Sen (2016) for BRICS countries. Nevertheless, the outcome opposes the conclusion of Wang et al (2018) for Pakistan.…”

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“…This study aimed to explore the long-run asymmetric connection between energy consumption and human capital development in Africa. Drawing inspiration from Lekana and Ikiemi (2021) and Wang et al (2021), the econometric model specification is presented in Equation ( 1)…”

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“…where HC is human capital development, EC is energy consumption, Z is a vector of other determinants of human capital, t is time (t = 1, … , T) and i represents individual countries. According to Wang et al (2018) and Lekana and Ikiemi (2021), human capital development depends on other factors such as foreign direct investment, emissions of carbon dioxide, economic growth and literacy. Therefore, the Z variable is augmented as,…”

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Does energy consumption improve human capital development? Empirical evidence from panel non‐linear autoregressive distributed lag in Africa

Dramani,

Tetteh,

Sulemana

et al. 2023

OPEC Energy Review

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The contributions of human capital to improvement in socio‐economic outcomes have generated significant interest in its determinants. On one hand, there is the orthodox view which states that energy consumption does not promote human capital development. In contrast, the heterodoxies argue that energy consumption is an essential driver of human capital development. Thus, we explore the asymmetric effects of energy consumption on human capital development for 22 African countries from 2000 to 2018 within the framework of panel non‐linear ARDL (NARDL). The long‐run results indicate that energy consumption is vital for human capital development. Specifically, in the long‐run, positive and negative shocks to energy consumption significantly improve human development. In addition, we find that economic growth, government effectiveness and foreign direct investment improve human capital only in the long‐run, while carbon dioxide emission retards it in both the long‐ and short‐runs. We found similar results for oil and non‐oil producing countries, ECOWAS, SADC, CEN‐SAD and COMESA countries.

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Assessing the causality relationship and time series model for electricity consumption per capita and human development in Colombia

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Effect of Energy Consumption on Human Development in the Countries of the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (EMCCA)

Cited by 10 publications

References 37 publications

Do energy consumption and environmental quality enhance subjective wellbeing in G20 countries?

Do energy consumption and environmental quality enhance subjective wellbeing in G20 countries?

Does energy consumption improve human capital development? Empirical evidence from panel non‐linear autoregressive distributed lag in Africa

Assessing the causality relationship and time series model for electricity consumption per capita and human development in Colombia

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