Towards low carbon and sustainable environment: does income inequality mitigate ecological footprints in Sub-Saharan Africa?

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dc.authoridSeraj, Mehdi/0000-0002-4746-6970
dc.authoridAlhassan, Abdulkareem/0000-0001-6152-7728
dc.authoridGimba, Obadiah/0000-0001-5500-0639
dc.authoridGhardallou, wafa/0000-0002-2625-2164
dc.authorwosidSeraj, Mehdi/AAS-1213-2020
dc.authorwosidUSMAN, OJONUGWA/ABE-6939-2020
dc.authorwosidAlhassan, Abdulkareem/GRF-6138-2022
dc.contributor.authorGimba, Obadiah Jonathan
dc.contributor.authorAlhassan, Abdulkareem
dc.contributor.authorOzdeser, Huseyin
dc.contributor.authorGhardallou, Wafa
dc.contributor.authorSeraj, Mehdi
dc.contributor.authorUsman, Ojonugwa
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-19T14:42:40Z
dc.date.available2024-05-19T14:42:40Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.departmentİstinye Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractThis paper contributes to the literature on the environment-economic development nexus by examining whether higher income inequality mitigates environmental degradation in Sub-Saharan Africa for the period 1995-2018. The paper uses the second-generation panel data estimation techniques through the novel augmented Anderson-Hsiao (AAH) estimator. This method allows regressors to be self-instrumenting and efficient with panel data where the cross-sectional units are greater than time and remains valid even when errors are correlated. The result of the Westerlund cointegration confirms the existence of a long-run relationship. Also, the AAH estimation finds that a 1% increase in income inequality is associated with a 0.567 decline in environmental degradation. Furthermore, a rise in GDP per capita is linked to a reduction in environmental pollution. However, it does not validate the existence of the environmental Kuznets curve hypothesis. Population growth and urbanization were found to exacerbate environmental degradation while access to electricity enhances a sustainable environment. To ensure the robustness of the AAH estimation, the Pseudo-Poison Maximum Likelihood Estimator with the high dimensional fixed effects was used. The results showed that, although the effects were smaller, all the coefficients survived. Therefore, our findings substantiate the marginal propensity to emit hypothesis which posits that in economies with high inequality, there is the likelihood that a large proportion of the population would reduce their energy and other carbon-intensive consumption, which consequently improves environmental quality. Although this channel of reducing emissions is not sustainable as it comes with huge economic losses. Policy recommendations were provided.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipPrincess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia [PNURSP2023R261]en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipAcknowledgementPrincess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University Researchers Supporting Project number (PNURSP2023R261), Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10668-023-03580-8
dc.identifier.endpage10445en_US
dc.identifier.issn1387-585X
dc.identifier.issn1573-2975
dc.identifier.issue9en_US
dc.identifier.startpage10425en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org10.1007/s10668-023-03580-8
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12713/5269
dc.identifier.volume25en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001044329500001en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/Aen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSpringeren_US
dc.relation.ispartofEnvironment Development and Sustainabilityen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.snmz20240519_kaen_US
dc.subjectIncome Inequalityen_US
dc.subjectLow-Carbon Economyen_US
dc.subjectSustainable Developmenten_US
dc.subjectElectricity Accessibilityen_US
dc.subjectSub-Saharan Africaen_US
dc.titleTowards low carbon and sustainable environment: does income inequality mitigate ecological footprints in Sub-Saharan Africa?en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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