The study examines Income Disparity and Health Outcome in Nigeria and the Implication for Economi... more The study examines Income Disparity and Health Outcome in Nigeria and the Implication for Economic Growth, with the Case study of the FCT. It further analyses the determinants of health outcomes between the high and the low income families in Nigeria society and the impact on Economic growth. With the use of panel data, the study engaged the one-way error component panel modelling technique as its methodology, with the outcome showing the existence of a correlation between income inequality and mortality rates across income quintiles while child mortality was found to impact negatively on growth through a decline in the level of individual income. Thus, infant and under-five mortality rates are about 2.5 times higher among the poorest 20 per cent of the population than among the richest 20 per cent, The implication is that poverty and income inequality have contributed to, as well as reinforced, the poor health conditions of most Nigerians and further curtailed their capacity to acc...
Without prejudice to the type of health facility in place, healthy living is central to economic ... more Without prejudice to the type of health facility in place, healthy living is central to economic development. Nigeria has three tiers of health system-Primary, Secondary and Tertiary. This health system may be traditional or orthodox. However in this study, trado-medical practices have been focused and this is defined as, all total of knowledge or practices used in diagnosing, preventing or eliminating a physical, mental or social diseases. The study involved 172 household heads across the Six Area Councils of Abuja, Nigeria. Multi-stage sampling technique was adopted. In all, interviews were conducted and 400 questionnaires were also administered in the randomly selected settlements of the wards on the subject matter. Data from all these sources were subjected to regression analysis. The study revealed that trado-medical practices are still relevant among the populace of FCT, particularly those in the satellite settlements as manifested in income, education, productivity and health...
Without prejudice to the type of health facility in place, healthy living is central to economic ... more Without prejudice to the type of health facility in place, healthy living is central to economic development. Nigeria has three tiers of health system-Primary, Secondary and Tertiary. This health system may be traditional or orthodox. However in this study, trado-medical practices have been focused and this is defined as, all total of knowledge or practices used in diagnosing, preventing or eliminating a physical, mental or social diseases. The study involved 172 household heads across the Six Area Councils of Abuja, Nigeria. Multi-stage sampling technique was adopted. In all, interviews were conducted and 400 questionnaires were also administered in the randomly selected settlements of the wards on the subject matter. Data from all these sources were subjected to regression analysis. The study revealed that trado-medical practices are still relevant among the populace of FCT, particularly those in the satellite settlements as manifested in income, education, productivity and health...
This paper seeks to investigate the effect of health on economic growth in Nigeria using secondar... more This paper seeks to investigate the effect of health on economic growth in Nigeria using secondary data from the period 1980 to 2013. Time series properties of the data was tested with ADF and PP unit root test which was followed by a test of the long run relationship among the variables using Johansen-Juselius cointegration test, VECM and granger causality test. The result of the unit root test revealed that all the variables were stationary at first difference i.e I(1) while Schwarz Information Criterion (SC) confirmed the appropriateness of two lag length and the trace statistic and the max-Eigen statistic Johansen cointegration test both revealed the existence of five cointegrating equation. The VECM result showed that all the explanatory variables were in line with the a priori expectation and the model satisfied the stability condition while the granger causality result depicts a uni-directional relationship between health indicators and economic growth in Nigeria. Therefore, ...
The study examines Income Disparity and Health Outcome in Nigeria and the Implication for Economi... more The study examines Income Disparity and Health Outcome in Nigeria and the Implication for Economic Growth, with the Case study of the FCT. It further analyses the determinants of health outcomes between the high and the low income families in Nigeria society and the impact on Economic growth. With the use of panel data, the study engaged the one-way error component panel modelling technique as its methodology, with the outcome showing the existence of a correlation between income inequality and mortality rates across income quintiles while child mortality was found to impact negatively on growth through a decline in the level of individual income. Thus, infant and under-five mortality rates are about 2.5 times higher among the poorest 20 per cent of the population than among the richest 20 per cent, The implication is that poverty and income inequality have contributed to, as well as reinforced, the poor health conditions of most Nigerians and further curtailed their capacity to acc...
The prevalence of HIV/AIDS in Nigeria, particularly in the Federal Capital Territory needless to ... more The prevalence of HIV/AIDS in Nigeria, particularly in the Federal Capital Territory needless to say, has crescendo into a major issue of public health concern spurring a study to x-ray the extent of care for the affected and economic fallouts inherent. This study examines economic burden of HIV/AIDS, stigmatization, and productivity loss in Gwagwalada Area Council of the FCT, Abuja. The survey method was employed in the research work with Questionnaires administered to patients receiving antiretroviral drugs in government health facilities in Gwagwalada FCT. The study population consists of an estimated 8,000 carriers of HIV/AIDS in Gwagwalada and environ. Those randomly selected were specifically those patients receiving antiretroviral treatment in health facilities. The Taro Yamane (1964) formula was engaged towards arriving at the sample size for the study given as 381. Multiple Regression Technique was used for data analysis. The outcome of regression analysis shows that indice...
The study examines Income Disparity and Health Outcome in Nigeria and the Implication for Economi... more The study examines Income Disparity and Health Outcome in Nigeria and the Implication for Economic Growth, with the Case study of the FCT. It further analyses the determinants of health outcomes between the high and the low income families in Nigeria society and the impact on Economic growth. With the use of panel data, the study engaged the one-way error component panel modelling technique as its methodology, with the outcome showing the existence of a correlation between income inequality and mortality rates across income quintiles while child mortality was found to impact negatively on growth through a decline in the level of individual income. Thus, infant and under-five mortality rates are about 2.5 times higher among the poorest 20 per cent of the population than among the richest 20 per cent, The implication is that poverty and income inequality have contributed to, as well as reinforced, the poor health conditions of most Nigerians and further curtailed their capacity to acc...
This paper seeks to investigate the effect of health on economic growth in Nigeria using secondar... more This paper seeks to investigate the effect of health on economic growth in Nigeria using secondary data from the period 1980 to 2013. Time series properties of the data was tested with ADF and PP unit root test which was followed by a test of the long run relationship among the variables using Johansen-Juselius cointegration test, VECM and granger causality test. The result of the unit root test revealed that all the variables were stationary at first difference i.e I(1) while Schwarz Information Criterion (SC) confirmed the appropriateness of two lag length and the trace statistic and the max-Eigen statistic Johansen cointegration test both revealed the existence of five cointegrating equation. The VECM result showed that all the explanatory variables were in line with the a priori expectation and the model satisfied the stability condition while the granger causality result depicts a uni-directional relationship between health indicators and economic growth in Nigeria. Therefore, ...
This study examines Technology spillover from rich to poor countries, the study used a model that... more This study examines Technology spillover from rich to poor countries, the study used a model that, at the aggregate level, is similar to the one sector neoclassical growth model. The model was estimated using data on technical progress, Average Product Per-Worker, Capital Stock and Technology Intensive Goods in 25 countries which consist of rich and poor countries over the last decade. A dynamic panel model is formulated and estimated Using Generalized method of moments by Arelano and Bond; and the implications of the estimates were evaluated for aggregate total factor productivity and economic growth. The results reveal that, on average, technology have contributed more to economic growth in high income economies and on the contrary technology have made little or no contribution in low income countries. Consequently, there is substantial variation across technologies and economies
The study examines Income Disparity and Health Outcome in Nigeria and the Implication for Economi... more The study examines Income Disparity and Health Outcome in Nigeria and the Implication for Economic Growth, with the Case study of the FCT. It further analyses the determinants of health outcomes between the high and the low income families in Nigeria society and the impact on Economic growth. With the use of panel data, the study engaged the one-way error component panel modelling technique as its methodology, with the outcome showing the existence of a correlation between income inequality and mortality rates across income quintiles while child mortality was found to impact negatively on growth through a decline in the level of individual income. Thus, infant and under-five mortality rates are about 2.5 times higher among the poorest 20 per cent of the population than among the richest 20 per cent, The implication is that poverty and income inequality have contributed to, as well as reinforced, the poor health conditions of most Nigerians and further curtailed their capacity to acc...
Without prejudice to the type of health facility in place, healthy living is central to economic ... more Without prejudice to the type of health facility in place, healthy living is central to economic development. Nigeria has three tiers of health system-Primary, Secondary and Tertiary. This health system may be traditional or orthodox. However in this study, trado-medical practices have been focused and this is defined as, all total of knowledge or practices used in diagnosing, preventing or eliminating a physical, mental or social diseases. The study involved 172 household heads across the Six Area Councils of Abuja, Nigeria. Multi-stage sampling technique was adopted. In all, interviews were conducted and 400 questionnaires were also administered in the randomly selected settlements of the wards on the subject matter. Data from all these sources were subjected to regression analysis. The study revealed that trado-medical practices are still relevant among the populace of FCT, particularly those in the satellite settlements as manifested in income, education, productivity and health...
Without prejudice to the type of health facility in place, healthy living is central to economic ... more Without prejudice to the type of health facility in place, healthy living is central to economic development. Nigeria has three tiers of health system-Primary, Secondary and Tertiary. This health system may be traditional or orthodox. However in this study, trado-medical practices have been focused and this is defined as, all total of knowledge or practices used in diagnosing, preventing or eliminating a physical, mental or social diseases. The study involved 172 household heads across the Six Area Councils of Abuja, Nigeria. Multi-stage sampling technique was adopted. In all, interviews were conducted and 400 questionnaires were also administered in the randomly selected settlements of the wards on the subject matter. Data from all these sources were subjected to regression analysis. The study revealed that trado-medical practices are still relevant among the populace of FCT, particularly those in the satellite settlements as manifested in income, education, productivity and health...
This paper seeks to investigate the effect of health on economic growth in Nigeria using secondar... more This paper seeks to investigate the effect of health on economic growth in Nigeria using secondary data from the period 1980 to 2013. Time series properties of the data was tested with ADF and PP unit root test which was followed by a test of the long run relationship among the variables using Johansen-Juselius cointegration test, VECM and granger causality test. The result of the unit root test revealed that all the variables were stationary at first difference i.e I(1) while Schwarz Information Criterion (SC) confirmed the appropriateness of two lag length and the trace statistic and the max-Eigen statistic Johansen cointegration test both revealed the existence of five cointegrating equation. The VECM result showed that all the explanatory variables were in line with the a priori expectation and the model satisfied the stability condition while the granger causality result depicts a uni-directional relationship between health indicators and economic growth in Nigeria. Therefore, ...
The study examines Income Disparity and Health Outcome in Nigeria and the Implication for Economi... more The study examines Income Disparity and Health Outcome in Nigeria and the Implication for Economic Growth, with the Case study of the FCT. It further analyses the determinants of health outcomes between the high and the low income families in Nigeria society and the impact on Economic growth. With the use of panel data, the study engaged the one-way error component panel modelling technique as its methodology, with the outcome showing the existence of a correlation between income inequality and mortality rates across income quintiles while child mortality was found to impact negatively on growth through a decline in the level of individual income. Thus, infant and under-five mortality rates are about 2.5 times higher among the poorest 20 per cent of the population than among the richest 20 per cent, The implication is that poverty and income inequality have contributed to, as well as reinforced, the poor health conditions of most Nigerians and further curtailed their capacity to acc...
The prevalence of HIV/AIDS in Nigeria, particularly in the Federal Capital Territory needless to ... more The prevalence of HIV/AIDS in Nigeria, particularly in the Federal Capital Territory needless to say, has crescendo into a major issue of public health concern spurring a study to x-ray the extent of care for the affected and economic fallouts inherent. This study examines economic burden of HIV/AIDS, stigmatization, and productivity loss in Gwagwalada Area Council of the FCT, Abuja. The survey method was employed in the research work with Questionnaires administered to patients receiving antiretroviral drugs in government health facilities in Gwagwalada FCT. The study population consists of an estimated 8,000 carriers of HIV/AIDS in Gwagwalada and environ. Those randomly selected were specifically those patients receiving antiretroviral treatment in health facilities. The Taro Yamane (1964) formula was engaged towards arriving at the sample size for the study given as 381. Multiple Regression Technique was used for data analysis. The outcome of regression analysis shows that indice...
The study examines Income Disparity and Health Outcome in Nigeria and the Implication for Economi... more The study examines Income Disparity and Health Outcome in Nigeria and the Implication for Economic Growth, with the Case study of the FCT. It further analyses the determinants of health outcomes between the high and the low income families in Nigeria society and the impact on Economic growth. With the use of panel data, the study engaged the one-way error component panel modelling technique as its methodology, with the outcome showing the existence of a correlation between income inequality and mortality rates across income quintiles while child mortality was found to impact negatively on growth through a decline in the level of individual income. Thus, infant and under-five mortality rates are about 2.5 times higher among the poorest 20 per cent of the population than among the richest 20 per cent, The implication is that poverty and income inequality have contributed to, as well as reinforced, the poor health conditions of most Nigerians and further curtailed their capacity to acc...
This paper seeks to investigate the effect of health on economic growth in Nigeria using secondar... more This paper seeks to investigate the effect of health on economic growth in Nigeria using secondary data from the period 1980 to 2013. Time series properties of the data was tested with ADF and PP unit root test which was followed by a test of the long run relationship among the variables using Johansen-Juselius cointegration test, VECM and granger causality test. The result of the unit root test revealed that all the variables were stationary at first difference i.e I(1) while Schwarz Information Criterion (SC) confirmed the appropriateness of two lag length and the trace statistic and the max-Eigen statistic Johansen cointegration test both revealed the existence of five cointegrating equation. The VECM result showed that all the explanatory variables were in line with the a priori expectation and the model satisfied the stability condition while the granger causality result depicts a uni-directional relationship between health indicators and economic growth in Nigeria. Therefore, ...
This study examines Technology spillover from rich to poor countries, the study used a model that... more This study examines Technology spillover from rich to poor countries, the study used a model that, at the aggregate level, is similar to the one sector neoclassical growth model. The model was estimated using data on technical progress, Average Product Per-Worker, Capital Stock and Technology Intensive Goods in 25 countries which consist of rich and poor countries over the last decade. A dynamic panel model is formulated and estimated Using Generalized method of moments by Arelano and Bond; and the implications of the estimates were evaluated for aggregate total factor productivity and economic growth. The results reveal that, on average, technology have contributed more to economic growth in high income economies and on the contrary technology have made little or no contribution in low income countries. Consequently, there is substantial variation across technologies and economies
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