Changing Demographics and Economic Growth: A Case Study of Pakistan

Authors

  • Muhammad Zaheer Khan Department of Economics, Baluchistan University of Information Technology, Engineering and Management Sciences (BUITEMS), Quetta Pakistan
  • Nazima Ellahi Business & Economics Foundation University Islamabad
  • Dr. Muhammad Ramzan Shaikh Department of Economics Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan
  • Salman Masood Sheikh Department of Business and Management Sciences, The Superior College, Lahore

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.56536/ijmres.v6i1.25

Keywords:

Pakistan, Demographic trends, Human capital formation, Economic growth

Abstract

The objective of this study is to determine the relationship between various demographic variables and economic growth of Pakistan for the period of 1980-2012. Time series econometric technique has been used for the analysis. Johansen’s co-integration test showed presence of long run relationship between different demographic variables. After establishing the presence of error correction term in the model, variance decomposition test has been used to identify the individual shocks between the variables. The study concludes that the demographic transition has very important role in the economic growth of Pakistan.

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Published

01-01-2016

How to Cite

Muhammad Zaheer Khan, Nazima Ellahi, Dr. Muhammad Ramzan Shaikh, & Salman Masood Sheikh. (2016). Changing Demographics and Economic Growth: A Case Study of Pakistan. International Journal of Management Research and Emerging Sciences, 6(1). https://doi.org/10.56536/ijmres.v6i1.25

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