The asymmetric impact of growth fluctuation on human development: evidence from correlates of growth decelerations and accelerations

Pedro Concei Cao () and Namsuk Kim ()
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Pedro Concei Cao: United Nations Development Programme, USA

Journal of Developing Areas, 2014, vol. 48, issue 3, 31-45

Abstract: This paper studies the impact of growth fluctuation on human development indicators using country level panel data between 1980 and 2009. The evidence from mean comparison and regression analysis suggests that, globally and on average, periods of decelerating economic growth are correlated with worse indicators of health and education outcomes and that the reverse happens for periods of growth accelerations. However, in line with the findings from the literature, these effects are asymmetric: things do not improve as much during good times as they worsen during bad times. And the negative effects of growth collapses are severe for developing countries, especially for Least Developed Countries, along with little or no improvement during good times.

Keywords: Human development; Growth acceleration and deceleration; Asymmetry; Least Developed Countries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O11 O15 O47 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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