The impact of human capital and bio-capacity on the environmental quality: evidence from G20 countries

Ünal H., Aktuğ M.

Environmental Science and Pollution Research, cilt.29, sa.30, ss.45635-45645, 2022 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 29 Sayı: 30
  • Basım Tarihi: 2022
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s11356-022-19122-0
  • Dergi Adı: Environmental Science and Pollution Research
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, IBZ Online, ABI/INFORM, Aerospace Database, Agricultural & Environmental Science Database, Aqualine, Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA), BIOSIS, CAB Abstracts, EMBASE, Environment Index, Geobase, MEDLINE, Pollution Abstracts, Veterinary Science Database, Civil Engineering Abstracts
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.45635-45645
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Human capital, Bio-capacity, Ecological footprint, Economic growth, G20, DCCE model, KUZNETS CURVE HYPOTHESIS, ECONOMIC GROWTH NEXUS, ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT, ENERGY-CONSUMPTION, TRADE OPENNESS, CO2 EMISSIONS, MIDDLE-EAST, COINTEGRATION, DEGRADATION, INCOME
  • Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

© 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.This study investigates the effects of human capital, bio-capacity, energy use, and economic growth on the ecological footprint of G20 countries for the period 1970–2016, using the panel dynamic common correlated effects (DCCE) model. In the study, the G20 was considered in two groups, as developed and emerging economies. According to the DCCE estimation results, the long-term impact of human capital on the ecological footprint is negative and statistically strong in the developed economies while it is insignificant in the emerging economies. The impact of bio-capacity on the ecological footprint is positive in the short and long term in the emerging economies, and only in the short term in the developed economies. In addition, economic growth and energy use undermine the environmental quality in both groups of countries. The error correction coefficients are negative and statistically significant, which means that the deviations from the short-term equilibrium converge the long-term equilibrium level for both groups.