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Nexuses between Economic Growth and Health Indicators: Evidence from Pakistan

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  • Reema Gulzar

    (Department of Economics, National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, Pakistan.)

  • Naeem Ahmed

    (Department of Economics, National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, Pakistan.)

Abstract

The goal of this article is to look at how various health indices affect Pakistan's economic growth. To achieve this goal, error correction and co-integration methods were used by using time series data from 1990 to 2022. The goal of this research is to examine the short-run and long-term temporal connections between health and per capita GDP growth. In the long-run, there is a significant relationship between per capita GDP and economic health indicators, which are significantly affecting per-capita GDP. According to the results of short run, health indicators have no meaningful influence on per-capita GDP. While indicators of health have a considerable long-run influence in economic growth. It implies that the influence of health indicators can only impact economic growth in the long run. The study's main result suggests financial gain, through growing and raising the stock of healthy human capital, particularly if present stocks are at a low level. Improved health has a two-way interaction with the economic process. This research is to examine the short-run and long-term temporal connections between health and per capita GDP growth, using mistreatment Co-integration and Error Correction. Long-term health and economic process studies would be extremely valuable in determining the achievable magnitudes of the entire cumulative effects of health on economic process. Two key hypotheses would be examined; the first would be that 'health influences economic growth' might be a long-standing temporal development. Second, what role do health output and input factors play in per capita GDP growth?

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  • Reema Gulzar & Naeem Ahmed, 2022. "Nexuses between Economic Growth and Health Indicators: Evidence from Pakistan," Journal of Economic Sciences, Federal Urdu University Islamabad, Department of Economics, vol. 1(2), pages 137-151, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:azm:journl:v:1:y:2022:i:2:p:137-151
    DOI: 10.55603/jes.v1i2.a5
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    Keywords

    Health Indicators; Economic Growth; Co-integration;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • I10 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - General
    • I15 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health and Economic Development
    • H51 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Health

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