Nonrenewable energy—environmental and health effects on human capital: empirical evidence from Pakistan

Muhammad Mansoor Asghar, Zhaohua Wang, Bo Wang, Syed Anees Haider Zaidi*

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    Abstract

    This research work reconnoiters the impact of nonrenewable energy (NRE) consumptions, environmental pollution, and mortality rate on human capital in the presence of economic growth and two common diseases, measles and tuberculosis (TB) in Pakistan. The study uses data from 1995 to 2017 and employs the Autoregressive Distributive Lag (ARDL) model to investigate cointegration and long-run dynamics. Results indicate that nonrenewable energy (oil, coal, and gas) increase air pollution, measles, TB cases, and mortality rate, which affect the human capital in Pakistan. The results of the ARDL confirm the long-run and short-run effects of fossils fuels, air pollution, and diseases on human capital. The results of the Granger Causality confirm the feedback hypothesis between nonrenewable consumption and human capital, between air pollution and human capital. Measles and TB diseases Granger cause human capital. The study recommends some essential points for energy management, environmental management, and diseases control programs to uplift the human capital in Pakistan.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)2630-2646
    Number of pages17
    JournalEnvironmental Science and Pollution Research
    Volume27
    Issue number3
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2020

    Keywords

    • CO emissions
    • Economic growth
    • Human capital
    • Nonrenewable energy
    • Pakistan

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