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How do energy prices and climate shocks affect human health? Insights from BRICS.
- Source :
- Environmental Science & Pollution Research; Mar2023, Vol. 30 Issue 12, p32751-32761, 11p
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- The presented work analyzes the energy prices, climate shock, and health deprivation nexus in the BRICS economies for the period 1995–2020. Panel ARDL-PMG technique is used to reveal the underexplored linkages. The long-run estimates of energy prices are observed to be negatively significant to the health expenditure and life expectancy model, whereas, positively significant to the climate change model. These findings suggest that energy prices significantly reduce health expenditures and life expectancy and, thus, increase the death rate in the BRICS economies. The long-run country-wise estimate of energy prices is found negatively significant in case of Brazil, India, China, and South Africa. Alongside, the group-wise significance of CO2 emissions is discovered to be negatively, positively, and insignificant in the cases of life expectancy, death rate, and health expenditure models, respectively. Besides, country-wise long-run estimate of CO2 emissions witnesses negative significance for Russia, India, China, and South Africa. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- ENERGY industries
CLIMATE change models
CARBON emissions
LIFE expectancy
DEATH rate
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09441344
- Volume :
- 30
- Issue :
- 12
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Environmental Science & Pollution Research
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 162466995
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-24218-8