The Trivariate Causality among Education, Health, and Economic Growth in Zimbabwe

Michael Takudzwa Pasara, Tapiwa Kelvin Mutambirwa and Nolutho Diko
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Michael Takudzwa Pasara: Economic and Management Sciences, Walter Sisulu University, Butterworth 4960, South Africa
Tapiwa Kelvin Mutambirwa: UNICEF Malawi, P.O. Box 30375, Lilongwe, Malawi
Nolutho Diko: Faculty of Education, Walter Sisulu University, Butterworth 4960, South Africa

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 4, 1-15

Abstract: This study investigated the causality among education, health, and economic growth in Zimbabwe. Causality effects are a thinly explored area in literature, with most studies focusing on bidirectional relationships. Granger causality tests were employed in a Vector autoregressive (VAR) model. Results showed that education Granger causes health improvements, with health improvements in turn fairly associating to Granger cause economic growth in Zimbabwe. Thus, the effect of education on economic growth is not direct, but works through improved health, pointing to the conclusion that health is a transmission mechanism through which education drives economic growth. No feedback effect was established from health to education and from economic growth to education and health. Thus, results suggest the need for a holistic policy approach which integrates education and health policies in a bid to drive economic growth, since education has no effect on economic growth in its own domain, but through health.

Keywords: trivariate causality; education; health; economic growth; Zimbabwe (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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