| Titre : | Education, Convergence and Carbon Dioxide Growth per Capita (2011) |
| Auteurs : | Somlanare Romuald Kinda, Auteur |
| Type de document : | Article : Revues - Articles |
| Dans : | African journal of science, technology, innovation and development (Vol. 3 N°1, Jan 2011) |
| Article en page(s) : | pp. 65-85 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Catégories : |
[Eurovoc] ÉCONOMIE > situation économique > développement économique > pays en développement [Eurovoc] ENVIRONNEMENT > détérioration de l'environnement > nuisance > polluant > polluant atmosphérique [JEL] I - Santé, éducation et programmes sociaux > I2 - Éducation > I20 - Généralités |
| Tags : | convergence in carbon dioxide ; education ; system GMM |
| Résumé : | This paper examines the existence of convergence and the importance of education on carbon dioxide growth per capita, over the period 1970-2004 for 85 countries. We use panel data and apply GMM-System estimation. This rigorous approach takes into account the observed and unobserved heterogeneity of countries, and solves the endogeneity problems associated with some variables. Our results suggest a divergence in per capita carbon dioxide emissions around the world, and that education is not a factor in carbon dioxide emissions growth. Contrary to commonly held beliefs based on intuition, we provide evidence that, in developing countries, there is no convergence, and that education is not a factor in carbon dioxide growth. In developed countries, we find a convergence for per capita carbon dioxide emissions. Education was found to be a factor in pollution growth, although its effect is mitigated by the presence of political institutions. |
| Axe de recherche : | Trajectoires de développement durable |
| En ligne : | https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00684315 |
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