Does Poverty Matters in Maternal Health and Output Growth Nexus in sub-Saharan African Countries? A Panel ARDL Approach

Joy Eleojo Ebeh and Awe, Abel, Ariyo
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Joy Eleojo Ebeh: Economics Department, Kogi State University, Anyigba. Nigeria
Awe, Abel, Ariyo: Department of Economics, Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti. Nigeria

Noble International Journal of Economics and Financial Research, 2021, vol. 6, issue 6, 119-130

Abstract: This paper investigates the role of poverty in maternal health-output growth nexus in sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. The study employs panel autoregressive distributed lag model (PARDL) and analysed a balanced panel data covering 21 countries from 1990 to 2018. The empirical results show that the coefficient on interaction between poverty and maternal health tend to be statistically significant both in the long run and short run. Although, the direction of the impact is positive in the long run but negative in the short run. This finding emphasizes that increased consumption expenditure reduces poverty which will in turn ameliorate maternal mortality rate leading to better maternal health in the long run.

Date: 2021
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