Investigating the impact of human capital on the ecological footprint in India: An empirical analysis

被引：286

作者：

Ahmed, Zahoor ^{[1
]}

Wang, Zhaohua ^{[1
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机构：

[1] Beijing Inst Technol, Sch Management & Econ, Beijing 100081, Peoples R China

[2] Beijing Key Lab Energy Econ & Environm Management, Beijing 100081, Peoples R China

[3] Collaborat Innovat Ctr Elect Vehicles Beijing, Beijing 100081, Peoples R China

[4] Beijing Inst Technol, Ctr Energy & Environm Policy Res, Beijing, Peoples R China

[5] Sustainable Dev Res Inst Econ & Soc Beijing, Beijing, Peoples R China

来源：

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH | 2019年 / 26卷 / 26期

基金：

中国博士后科学基金; 中国国家自然科学基金;

关键词：

Human capital in India; Ecological footprint; Bayer and Hanck cointegration test; Energy consumption; Neutrality hypothesis; ENVIRONMENTAL KUZNETS CURVE; CO2 EMISSIONS EVIDENCE; ENERGY-CONSUMPTION; ECONOMIC-GROWTH; CARBON EMISSIONS; ERROR-CORRECTION; COINTEGRATION; URBANIZATION; DETERMINANTS; HYPOTHESIS;

D O I：

10.1007/s11356-019-05911-7

中图分类号：

X [环境科学、安全科学];

学科分类号：

08 ; 0830 ;

摘要：

Many recent studies have focused on the influencing factors of the ecological footprint, but less attention has been given to human capital. Human capital, which is based on education and rate of return on education, may reduce the ecological footprint since environmental issues are human-induced. The current study investigates the impact of human capital on the ecological footprint in India for the period 1971 to 2014. The outcomes of the newly developed combined cointegration test of Bayer and Hanck disclose the long-run equilibrium relationship between variables. The findings reveal a significant negative contribution of human capital to the ecological footprint. The results of the causality test show that human capital Granger causes the ecological footprint without any feedback. In addition, energy consumption adds to the ecological footprint, while the relationship between economic growth and ecological footprint follows an inverted U-shaped pattern. The findings unveil the potential to reduce the ecological footprint by developing human capital.

引用

页码：26782 / 26796

页数：15

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