Trade Globalization and Human Welfare: An Analytical Study of Pakistan

Sahar Sheraz, Mehnaz Muhammad Ali and Rozina Sadiq
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Sahar Sheraz: University of the Punjab
Mehnaz Muhammad Ali: Islamia University of Bahawalpur
Rozina Sadiq: University of the Punjab

Journal of Economic Sciences, 2024, vol. 3, issue 1, 69-84

Abstract: There is widespread consensus that international trade drives economic growth. There is a bunch of literature that confirms this consensus, while economic growth is concerned with the means to human welfare which is the intended end outcome of all economic activities. Thus, this study is concerned with whether global trade directly influences human welfare. We have conducted the time series analysis by taking the data from 1990 to 2021. We measured human welfare through the Human Development Index (HDI) and Global Trade through the KOF Trade Globalization Index. We chose the ARDL strategy for cointegration based on the characteristics of the time series data, and we presented both short- and long-term results. We concluded from data analysis that global trade and human development have a long-term, positive, and significant link. Moreover, Human development is also significantly and positively associated with population growth, public development spending, and economic growth. Hence, these findings suggest that, for Pakistan to pursue its human development goals, policymakers should adopt policies that promote free trade, complemented by measures to encourage economic growth, public development expenditure, and population.

Keywords: Trade; Globalization; Human Development; Cointegration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F1 F6 O15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.55603/jes.v3i1.a5

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