Population ageing and CO2 emission: empirical evidence from high income OECD countries

This article attempts to examine the effects of population ageing on CO2 emission in 25 high income OECD countries in the framework of Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC). Using a relatively new cointegration technique and fully modified ordinary least square in a panel data over 1980-2009 the empiric...

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Main Authors: Salim, Ruhul, Hassan, Kamrul
Other Authors: A/Prof. Ruhul Salim
Format: Conference Paper
Published: World Business Institute Australia 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/37322
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author Salim, Ruhul
Hassan, Kamrul
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description This article attempts to examine the effects of population ageing on CO2 emission in 25 high income OECD countries in the framework of Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC). Using a relatively new cointegration technique and fully modified ordinary least square in a panel data over 1980-2009 the empirical results find evidence of inverted-U shaped EKC in these OECD countries. Specifically, empirical results demonstrate that per capita CO2 emission increases initially with economic growth; however, after reaching a per capita income level of US$ 24,657 it starts falling. With regard to ageing, the cointegrating vector indicates that a one percent increase in the share of aged population will reduce per capita CO2 emission by 1.55 percentin the long run.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-373222023-01-27T05:52:10Z Population ageing and CO2 emission: empirical evidence from high income OECD countries Salim, Ruhul Hassan, Kamrul A/Prof. Ruhul Salim Mr. Tanzil Hoque Fully modified least square Population ageing Panel cointegration Kuznets curve CO2 emission This article attempts to examine the effects of population ageing on CO2 emission in 25 high income OECD countries in the framework of Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC). Using a relatively new cointegration technique and fully modified ordinary least square in a panel data over 1980-2009 the empirical results find evidence of inverted-U shaped EKC in these OECD countries. Specifically, empirical results demonstrate that per capita CO2 emission increases initially with economic growth; however, after reaching a per capita income level of US$ 24,657 it starts falling. With regard to ageing, the cointegrating vector indicates that a one percent increase in the share of aged population will reduce per capita CO2 emission by 1.55 percentin the long run. 2011 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/37322 World Business Institute Australia fulltext
spellingShingle Fully modified least square
Population ageing
Panel cointegration
Kuznets curve
CO2 emission
Salim, Ruhul
Hassan, Kamrul
Population ageing and CO2 emission: empirical evidence from high income OECD countries
title Population ageing and CO2 emission: empirical evidence from high income OECD countries
title_full Population ageing and CO2 emission: empirical evidence from high income OECD countries
title_fullStr Population ageing and CO2 emission: empirical evidence from high income OECD countries
title_full_unstemmed Population ageing and CO2 emission: empirical evidence from high income OECD countries
title_short Population ageing and CO2 emission: empirical evidence from high income OECD countries
title_sort population ageing and co2 emission: empirical evidence from high income oecd countries
topic Fully modified least square
Population ageing
Panel cointegration
Kuznets curve
CO2 emission
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/37322