Air pollutants, economic growth and public health: implications for sustainable development in OECD countries.

Content Provider	Europe PMC
Author	Mujtaba, Ghulam Shahzad, Syed Jawad Hussain
Abstract	The rapid economic growth over recent years and the resulting environmental pollution in OECD countries are a serious concern for the health of the general public. A comprehensive analysis of environmental pollutants, economic growth, and public health is done using data from 28 OECD economies from 2002 to 2018. Panel fully modified least squares and the panel vector error correction model are used. The results show that there is long-run causality from renewable energy and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions to healthcare spending. Renewable energy and healthcare spending are positively and significantly related. It is concluded that investment in renewable energy leads to a reduction in air pollution, improvements in healthcare, and the promotion of economic growth.
ISSN	09441344
Volume Number	28
PubMed Central reference number	PMC7576550
Issue Number	10
PubMed reference number	33085009
Journal	Environmental Science and Pollution Research International [Environ Sci Pollut Res Int]
e-ISSN	16147499
DOI	10.1007/s11356-020-11212-1
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publisher Date	2020-10-21
Publisher Place	Berlin/Heidelberg
Access Restriction	Open
Rights License	This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic. © Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2020
Subject Keyword	Air pollutants OECD economies Public health expenditure Renewable energy
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Environmental Chemistry Pollution Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis Medicine