Does Health Contribute to Economic Growth? An Evidence from Regional Levels in Indonesia

Health can lead economic development in many countries. The higher the quality of health, the more space for increasing economic growth and providing prosperity in the long-run. The current study attempts to estimate the effect of health on regional economic growth in Indonesia. Balanced panel data...

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Main Authors: Malik Cahyadin, Vita Kartika Sari, Aranka Ignasiak Szulc
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Published: Muhammadiyah University Press 2022-12-01
Series:Jurnal Ekonomi Pembangunan: Kajian Masalah Ekonomi dan Pembangunan
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Online Access:https://journals2.ums.ac.id/index.php/jep/article/view/9550
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description Health can lead economic development in many countries. The higher the quality of health, the more space for increasing economic growth and providing prosperity in the long-run. The current study attempts to estimate the effect of health on regional economic growth in Indonesia. Balanced panel data is set covering 34 provinces from 2015 to 2020. The panel data is estimated using system Generalized Method of Moments (GMM). The findings reveal that smoking level contributes significantly and positively on regional economic growth, while health service has no effect. The non-linear impact of smoking level on regional economic growth is U-shaped. It means that higher smoking level stimulates regional economic growth by the increasing of aggregate spending. The local governments should design health service program and control smoking level properly so that the health risk of cigarette consumption does not offset its benefit to the economy. The policy design will produce better human health and life in all provinces in Indonesia. Consequently, the regional economic growth can be achieved in the long-run.
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spelling doaj-art-80809347eb9841cd93a788a3418faf9a2025-08-20T03:33:38ZengMuhammadiyah University PressJurnal Ekonomi Pembangunan: Kajian Masalah Ekonomi dan Pembangunan1411-60812460-93312022-12-0128329410.23917/jep.v23i2.201069613Does Health Contribute to Economic Growth? An Evidence from Regional Levels in IndonesiaMalik Cahyadin0Vita Kartika Sari1Aranka Ignasiak Szulc2epartment of Development Economics, Universitas Sebelas Maret, IndonesiaDepartment of Development Economics, Universitas Sebelas Maret, IndonesiaDepartment of Economic Policy and Regional Studies, Nicolaus Copernicus University, PolandHealth can lead economic development in many countries. The higher the quality of health, the more space for increasing economic growth and providing prosperity in the long-run. The current study attempts to estimate the effect of health on regional economic growth in Indonesia. Balanced panel data is set covering 34 provinces from 2015 to 2020. The panel data is estimated using system Generalized Method of Moments (GMM). The findings reveal that smoking level contributes significantly and positively on regional economic growth, while health service has no effect. The non-linear impact of smoking level on regional economic growth is U-shaped. It means that higher smoking level stimulates regional economic growth by the increasing of aggregate spending. The local governments should design health service program and control smoking level properly so that the health risk of cigarette consumption does not offset its benefit to the economy. The policy design will produce better human health and life in all provinces in Indonesia. Consequently, the regional economic growth can be achieved in the long-run.https://journals2.ums.ac.id/index.php/jep/article/view/9550healtheconomic growthsystem-gmm; linearnon-linear estimation
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Does Health Contribute to Economic Growth? An Evidence from Regional Levels in Indonesia
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health
economic growth
system-gmm; linear
non-linear estimation
title Does Health Contribute to Economic Growth? An Evidence from Regional Levels in Indonesia
title_full Does Health Contribute to Economic Growth? An Evidence from Regional Levels in Indonesia
title_fullStr Does Health Contribute to Economic Growth? An Evidence from Regional Levels in Indonesia
title_full_unstemmed Does Health Contribute to Economic Growth? An Evidence from Regional Levels in Indonesia
title_short Does Health Contribute to Economic Growth? An Evidence from Regional Levels in Indonesia
title_sort does health contribute to economic growth an evidence from regional levels in indonesia
topic health
economic growth
system-gmm; linear
non-linear estimation
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