Health and total factor productivity nexus in selected sub-Saharan African countries: quadratic and threshold modelling.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries have been recording a decline in total factor productivity (TFP) growth, inadequate health funding and poor health outcomes are regarded as problems that might have impeded productivity in the region. This study therefore aligns with Grossman's theory that better health could be instrumental to productivity growth. In this paper, we establish a predictive TFP model that accommodates the roles of health, which has been omitted in prior studies. To corroborate our findings we examine the threshold relationship between health and TFP.

Methods

The study employs the fixed and random effect model, panel two-stage least squares, static and dynamic panel threshold regression model on a balanced panel data of 25 selected SSA countrie

SUBMITTER: Adegoke YO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10163443 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature