Decoding worldwide efficiency: Linking government spending, corruption, gender inequality, and renewable energy
Mohammed Hichame Benbitour1, Samah Jradi1, John Ruggiero2
1Métis Lab, EM Normandie, Clichy, 92110, France.
Journal of Environmental Management
|July 24, 2024
Summary
This study assessed country performance efficiency using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). Results show gender inequality negatively impacts efficiency, while renewable energy and corruption control positively influence it.
Area of Science:
- Economics
- Environmental Science
- Sustainable Development
Background:
- Countries face increasing pressure to align activities with sustainable development goals.
- Assessing country performance efficiency requires a unified approach considering economic, environmental, and social factors.
- Performance efficiency is defined as the ratio of observed to frontier output given productive resources.
Purpose of the Study:
- To evaluate the performance efficiency of 111 countries.
- To investigate the influence of gender inequality, renewable energy share, government control of corruption, and education expenditure on performance efficiency.
Main Methods:
- Utilized the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) frontier technique to estimate frontier output.
- Employed a non-parametric DEA model with inputs: capital, labor, and primary energy consumption.
- Used GDP as the primary output, with CO2 emissions considered as an additional output.
Main Results:
- Gender inequality was found to have a negative impact on performance efficiency.
- A higher share of renewable energy consumption and stronger government control of corruption positively impacted performance efficiency.
- Reducing CO2 emissions necessitates a transition to renewable energy and efficient energy usage.
Conclusions:
- Performance efficiency is significantly influenced by socio-economic and environmental factors.
- Policies promoting renewable energy and good governance are crucial for enhancing country efficiency.
- Government expenditure on education did not show a significant positive relationship with country efficiency in this study.
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