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Distributional impact of public expenditure on human development in Nigeria

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  • Richardson Kojo Edeme
  • Chigozie Nelson Nkalu
  • Innocent A. Ifelunini

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Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to develop and apply a distributional impact assessment methodology to empirically analyze distributional impact of public expenditure on human development using data from 20 states in Nigeria. For robustness of the analysis, expenditure on education, health, agriculture, rural development, energy, housing, environmental protection and portable water resources are employed as predictors of human development. The result reveals that expenditure on education, health, agriculture, rural development and water resources has positive marginal impact on human development. In contrast, the marginal impact of energy, housing and environmental protection is negative. Among the sectors, education, health, agriculture, rural development and water resources expenditure has positive marginal impact while energy, housing and environmental protection have decreasing marginal impact on human development. Design/methodology/approach - Panel approach. Findings - The result reveals that expenditure on education, health, agriculture, rural development and water resources has positive marginal impact on human development. Originality/value - A panel approach is used to investigate whether expenditure on education, health, agriculture, rural development and water resources has positive marginal impact on human development.

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  • Richardson Kojo Edeme & Chigozie Nelson Nkalu & Innocent A. Ifelunini, 2017. "Distributional impact of public expenditure on human development in Nigeria," International Journal of Social Economics, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 44(12), pages 1683-1693, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:ijsepp:ijse-05-2016-0152
    DOI: 10.1108/IJSE-05-2016-0152
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    1. Richardson Kojo Edeme & Chigozie Nelson Nkalu, 2019. "Public expenditure and human development in Nigeria in the last decade, composition and distributional impacts," Economics and Business Letters, Oviedo University Press, vol. 8(2), pages 62-73.
    2. Stryzhak Olena, 2023. "Analysis of Labor Market Transformation in the Context of Industry 4.0," Studia Universitatis „Vasile Goldis” Arad – Economics Series, Sciendo, vol. 33(4), pages 23-44, December.

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    Keywords

    Environmental protection; Rural development; Human development; Public expenditure; National economy; Fixed effect; Random effect; C23; E60; H30; H50;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • C23 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models
    • E60 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - General
    • H30 - Public Economics - - Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents - - - General
    • H50 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - General

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