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

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...

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Published in:Environmental science and pollution research international 2020, Vol.27 (3), p.2630-2646
Main Authors: Asghar, Muhammad Mansoor, Wang, Zhaohua, Wang, Bo, Zaidi, Syed Anees Haider
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Air Pollution
Aquatic Pollution
Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution
Autoregressive models
Carbon Dioxide
Coal
Control programs
Earth and Environmental Science
Economic Development
Economic growth
Economic models
Ecotoxicology
Energy
Energy management
Environment
Environmental Chemistry
Environmental Exposure
Environmental Health
Environmental management
Environmental science
Fossil fuels
Fossils
Human capital
Humans
Measles
Mortality
Oil pollution
Pakistan
Research Article
Tuberculosis
Uplift
Waste Water Technology
Water Management
Water Pollution Control
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Summary: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.
ISSN:0944-1344
1614-7499
DOI:10.1007/s11356-019-06686-7