Does foreign aid really raise per capita income? A time series perspective

Felicitas Nowak-Lehmann, Axel Dreher, Dierk Herzer, Stephan Klasen and Inmaculada Martínez-Zarzoso

Canadian Journal of Economics, 2012, vol. 45, issue 1, 288-313

Abstract: We analyze the relationship between per capita income and foreign aid. We employ annual data and five-year averages and carefully examine the time-series properties of the data. Panel estimations with dynamic feasible generalized least-squares (DFGLS) show that aid generally has an insignificant or minute negative significant impact on per capita income (particularly in highly aid-dependent countries). This holds true for countries with different levels of human development and income, as well as for different regions. We also find that aid has a small positive impact on investment, but a significant negative impact on domestic savings (crowding out) and the real exchange rate (appreciation). JEL classification: F35, O11, C23, C51

Date: 2012
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