Exploring the causal relationships between health, pollution, and growth: Evidence from OECD countries

Journal title RIVISTA DI STUDI SULLA SOSTENIBILITA'
Author/s Carla Massidda
Publishing Year 2023 Issue 2023/1
Language English Pages 16 P. 13-28 File size 140 KB
DOI 10.3280/RISS2023-001002
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This study examines the impact of particulate matter and income levels on three mortality indicators in a sample of OECD countries from 1990 to 2017. The em-pirical analysis is performed within a panel cointegration framework to test for cointegration and causal relationships. The findings support an equilibrium rela-tionship holding mortality rates with pollution and income in the long-run. Esti-mated coefficients and causality tests show that increasing pollution rises mortali-ty rates while increasing GDP per capita has the opposite effect. The main contri-bution of this study is to bring attention to the relationship between mortality rates, fine particulate matter and income for a panel of OECD countries combining coin-tegration analysis and causality tests.

Keywords: health, pollution, sustainable growth, causality, Agenda 2030

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Carla Massidda, Exploring the causal relationships between health, pollution, and growth: Evidence from OECD countries in "RIVISTA DI STUDI SULLA SOSTENIBILITA'" 1/2023, pp 13-28, DOI: 10.3280/RISS2023-001002