Modeling mortality rates and environmental degradation in Asia and the Pacific: does income group matter?

Barua, Suborna; Adeleye, Bosede Ngozi; Akam, Darlington; Ogunrinola, Ifeoluwa; Shafiq, Mohammad Musa

doi:10.1007/s11356-021-17686-x

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“…This study employs the bootstrap least squares dummy variables (for static model) and two-step difference GMM (for dynamic model). Controlling for yearly variation and similar to Amuka, Asogwa, Ugwuanyi, Omeje, and Onyechi [ 63 ], results from Table 4 columns [ 1 ] and [ 3 ] reveal that the coefficient of carbon emission per capita, though positive, is not significantly associated with infant and under-5 mortality rates. The positive coefficient, notwithstanding, signals the likelihood of contributing to worsening the health of infants and under-5 children [ 2 , 64 , 65 ].…”

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“…To “ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages” and “make cities and human settlements inclusive , safe , resilient and sustainable” , this study aligns with the 2030 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 3 and 11 to examine the health-environment-energy-income paradox by documenting empirical discoveries which fill a lacuna in the literature. One of the most utilized child health indicators are infant and under-5 mortality rates [ 1 – 3 ]. The rate of infant mortality in a locality highlights not only the quality of healthcare available to the child, but also the level of healthcare affordable by the family or guardians of the child.…”

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Mortality rate, carbon emissions, renewable energy and per capita income nexus in Sub-Saharan Africa

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This study exclusively contributes to the health-environment discourse by using mortality rates, carbon emissions (proxy for environmental degradation), renewable energy and real per capita income to investigate these intrinsic relationships. This study uses an unbalanced sample of 47 Sub-Saharan African countries from 2005–2019 to reveal that: (1) both carbon emissions and renewable energy are associated with higher mortality rates; (2) real per capita income is associated with reducing mortality rates; (3) per capita income attenuates the effect of renewable energy on mortality rates, (4) persistency in mortalities exist; and (5) the health-environment-energy-income dynamics differ across income groups. Additionally, this study submits that the interaction of renewable energy and real per capita income dampens the positive effect of renewable energy on mortality rates and supports the argument that income levels lessen the extent of mortalities. Besides, these results vividly show that real per capita income reduces the devastating effect of renewable energy on infant and under-5 mortality rates from 0.942% to 0.09%, 2.42% to 0.55%, 1.04% to 0.09% and 2.8% to 0.64% for high and middle-income countries, respectively. This is a novel and significant contribution to the health-environment literature. Hence, real per capita income is a crucial determinant of mortality rate. Policy recommendations are discussed.

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“…Human health has become an ad hoc topic and development strategy for a country to improve the quality of human capital since previous studies emphasized that human capital accumulation related to production factors affects the growth of an economy (1,2). To have better human health in a country, there has been a growing trend to assess the impact of environmental aspects on a regular basis (3,4). In fact, transportation as an engine of economic growth directly affects the environment through the lens of the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) (5)(6)(7).…”

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“…Previous studies have investigated the transport-induced EKC hypothesis (25)(26)(27) in a stream and the nexus between environment and health in another stream (3,4). However, limited studies combine the transport-induced EKC with the nexus between environment and health to examine the health effect.…”

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Transportation, Environmental Degradation, and Health Dynamics in the United States and China: Evidence From Bootstrap ARDL With a Fourier Function

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2022

Front. Public Health

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Transportation and environmental degradation, with indirect and direct effects, play a significant role in determining the health of a nation's citizens. This study uses bootstrap ARDL with a Fourier function to examine transportation, environmental degradation, and health dynamics in the United States and China. In the long run, the results support the cointegration relationship between transportation, environmental degradation, and health in both countries. The results show the contingency of the causality where a negative impact of transportation on environmental degradation exists in the United States while a positive impact exists in China. The effect of environmental degradation on health is negative in the United States while a positive effect exists in China. Regarding the causal direction between the variables of interest, the implications provide policymakers in developing strategy and policy for sustainable development.

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Navigating the path to human well‐being amidst climate change in Asian countries

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Gui,

Asante

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Sustainable Development

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This study advances the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, specifically focusing on Goal 3 (Good Health and Well‐Being) and Goal 13 (Climate Action). This study uses novel analytical techniques that consider cross‐sectional dependencies, intra‐cluster correlation, endogeneity, and parameter heterogeneity to explore the relationship between climate change and human well‐being in Asian countries from 1990Q1 to 2019Q4. Our empirical results show three things. First, an inverse relationship exists between temperature and human well‐being in Asian countries. Second, we observe a robust positive impact of rainfall on human well‐being in Asian countries. Lastly, there is a one‐way causal effect from rainfall to human well‐being and a two‐way causal relationship between temperature and human well‐being. Our robust results, therefore, suggest that developing comprehensive economic plans to promote public welfare can create a positive feedback loop where enhanced well‐being drives greater economic engagement and prosperity.

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Modeling mortality rates and environmental degradation in Asia and the Pacific: does income group matter?

Cited by 18 publications

References 72 publications

Mortality rate, carbon emissions, renewable energy and per capita income nexus in Sub-Saharan Africa

Mortality rate, carbon emissions, renewable energy and per capita income nexus in Sub-Saharan Africa

Transportation, Environmental Degradation, and Health Dynamics in the United States and China: Evidence From Bootstrap ARDL With a Fourier Function

Navigating the path to human well‐being amidst climate change in Asian countries

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