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Human Capital Development and Sustainable Development: Evidence from Nigeria

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  • Olowookere Johnson Kolawole

    (Osun State University, Nigeria)

  • Olanipekun Wahid Damilola

    (American International University West Africa, Gambia)

  • Sokunbi Gbenro Matthew

    (Michael Otedaola College of Primary Education, Nigeria)

  • Aderemi Timothy Ayomitunde

    (Bells University of Technology, Nigeria)

Abstract

The contributions of human capital development in achieving the sustainable development cannot be overemphasized in any economy, this is because investment in education and health has been argued as the strategic impetus for improving the quality of human resources. Against this backdrop, this study investigates the impact of human capital development on the sustainable development goal one (1) – poverty reduction. The study utilizes the Nigerian data combining Johansen Cointegration test, Granger causality test and Fully Modified Least Squares to establish how public investments in both education and health affect poverty reduction in the country between 1981 and 2019. Originating from the findings of this study, both government expenditure on health and capital formation Granger caused poverty reduction in Nigeria. This is a vital signal that human capital development in the form of investment in health of human resources is an important condition for the achievement of the sustainable development goal one (1) – poverty eradication in Nigeria. Similarly, all the selected components of human capital development have positive contributions to poverty reduction in Nigeria. However, the contributions of health expenditures and capital formation are statistically significant. This implies that health expenditures and capital formation have a trickle-down effect on poverty reduction in Nigeria. Therefore, this study recommends the following: any time the Nigerian policymakers want to achieve the sustainable development goal one (1) – poverty reduction, the Nigerian budgetary allocations to education and health sectors should be in tandem with the global benchmark; this would ensure material and human resources that could drive the country towards the sustainable development. The enhancement of educational and health facilities by the policymakers would also bring about improvement in the living standard of the Nigerians.

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  • Olowookere Johnson Kolawole & Olanipekun Wahid Damilola & Sokunbi Gbenro Matthew & Aderemi Timothy Ayomitunde, 2022. "Human Capital Development and Sustainable Development: Evidence from Nigeria," Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Oeconomica, Sciendo, vol. 67(1), pages 63-76, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:vrs:subboe:v:67:y:2022:i:1:p:63-76:n:2
    DOI: 10.2478/subboec-2022-0005
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    Keywords

    Human Capital Development; Poverty Reduction; SDGs; FMOLS; Nigeria;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • F63 - International Economics - - Economic Impacts of Globalization - - - Economic Development
    • I32 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
    • O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
    • C32 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Time-Series Models; Dynamic Quantile Regressions; Dynamic Treatment Effect Models; Diffusion Processes; State Space Models

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