Mohammad Saeed Noori Naeini; Hesameddin Ghasemi; Maryam Sadat Kazemi Torbaghan
Volume 8, Issue 29 , December 2017, , Pages 45-60
Abstract
Nowadays, human development plays a key role in development studies. The man is the main pillar of sustainable development. Human development Index has been the most popular indicator of development. Knowing the variables involved in the estimation of human development index is essential in choosing ...
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Nowadays, human development plays a key role in development studies. The man is the main pillar of sustainable development. Human development Index has been the most popular indicator of development. Knowing the variables involved in the estimation of human development index is essential in choosing the appropriate model that can accurately measure the human development index. In this paper, we consider the uncertainty modeling framework for study of the factors that affect the human development index. For this purpose, we use the Bayesian model averaging which is appropriate with the assumption of model uncertainty. In this study, by estimating 960000 regression equations, five variables are identified as non-fragile variables which is mentioned as follows: growth of oil revenues, growth of government health expenditure, growth of primary education, inflation and capital stock. Other variables lost their effect in the presence of non--fragile variables. Therefore, it can be concluded that in order to raise the index of human development in the country, it is necessary to pay more attention to the mentioned variables.
Zahra Arabi; Abootaleb Kazemi
Volume 5, Issue 17 , December 2014, , Pages 124-109
Abstract
According to the new growth theories, human capital is considered as one of the main variables affecting growth and development. Therefore, with providing and creation of appropriate context for it, we will see an increase in the production and development of GDP. Human development index can have a significant ...
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According to the new growth theories, human capital is considered as one of the main variables affecting growth and development. Therefore, with providing and creation of appropriate context for it, we will see an increase in the production and development of GDP. Human development index can have a significant contribution to economic development with considering the fundamental factors such as health, education and labor income that have been mentioned as parts of growth software in some text. The aim of this paper is to investigate the effect of human development index on Iranian GDP over the period of 1971-2011. This study aims to answer the question that what is the equilibrium relationship (long run and short run) within these variables. To do so, firstly the effects of human development index on the GDP were tested by using ARDL. Then, to determine the exact effects, the impact of components of human development index on GDP were tested. The results showed that in the short-run human development effect on GDP was small and insignificant. But, this effect is stronger in the long run. The second model results showed that the impact of each component of human development in the long run is stronger in comparison to the short run.
Ali Asadi; Seyed Meysam Esmaeili
Volume 3, Issue 12 , November 2013, , Pages 104-89
Abstract
In recent decades, the issues related to human capital and its impact on economic growth have been important. In this regard, the main objective of this study is to evaluate the impact of human development on economic growth in the period of 1971 -2012 in Iran. Therefore, according to the purpose of ...
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In recent decades, the issues related to human capital and its impact on economic growth have been important. In this regard, the main objective of this study is to evaluate the impact of human development on economic growth in the period of 1971 -2012 in Iran. Therefore, according to the purpose of this research, firstly we calculated Iran’s human development index based on the UN definition and analyzedthe impact of human development index on economic growth by using Markov-Switching model. The main model of this study is determined by using the model of Lucas and Line (2004). To estimate the nonlinear relationship between human development and economic growth based on the likelihood function, MSI model with two regimes (prosperity or recession) was chosen from the different states of the Markov - Switching (MS) model. Changing the relationship between these two variables over time, is one of the most important characteristics of Markov – Switching method. Based on the results, human development has a positive impact in recession periods and negative impact in prosperity on economic growth in Iran. Also, stability of the first regime (recession) is greater than the second (prosperity).
Mehdi Sadeghi Shahdani; Mohammad Hadi Zahedi Vafa; Mehdi Ghaemi Asl
Volume 2, Issue 8 , December 2012, , Pages 114-95
Abstract
This research provides a comprehensive composite indicator to evaluation human development based on Islamic civilization’s teachings. According to analysis of theoretical framework of Islamic civilization’s teachings, human development in this research includes “economic-welfare”, ...
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This research provides a comprehensive composite indicator to evaluation human development based on Islamic civilization’s teachings. According to analysis of theoretical framework of Islamic civilization’s teachings, human development in this research includes “economic-welfare”, “social-cultural”, “religious-ethical”, “political-governmental” and “scientific-educational” dimensions which are derived from the extension of Islamic teachings in the field of human life. Final composite indicator of this research will be derived from a seven-step method and findings of that indicator show that scientific-educational dimension and public health component are the most important strengths of I.R. Iran in which if these elements have more weight in final composite indicator, situation of I.R. Iran will be 10 steps higher than current situation. But the economic-welfare dimension (except infrastructure capitals) and the efficiency of governmental organizations and legislative institutions are the most important weaknesses of I.R. Iran and improvement of business environmental, macroeconomics indicators, professional legislation and stability of laws and regulations and increment of efficiency of executive organizations could have important effect on situation of I.R. Iran.
morteza sameti; Homayun Ranjbar; Fazilat Mohseni
Volume 1, Issue 4 , December 2012, , Pages 223-183
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Good governance is a concept that was proposed in the development literature as a key to the development puzzle in the late 90’s. This concept is derived from the theory of institutionalization and is the product of three institutions including government, private sector and civil society. World ...
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Good governance is a concept that was proposed in the development literature as a key to the development puzzle in the late 90’s. This concept is derived from the theory of institutionalization and is the product of three institutions including government, private sector and civil society. World Bank defines good governance based on six indicators including: voice and accountability, political stability, no violence, government effectiveness, regulatory quality, rule of law and control of corruption. This paper has examined the effect of good governance indicators (prepared by the World Bank) on human development index (HDI) as a criterion for development, in ASEAN countries during 2000-2009 by using panel data analysis. UNDP claims that the hdi is superior to per-capita gdp for measuring development. The result finds that among six indicators of good governance, political stability, no violence, government effectiveness, regulatory quality and rule of law have positive and statistically significant effect on human development index.
