Energy has become one of the basic requirements for human welfare and for the sustainability of economic activities. Empirical results from many studies have shown that energy consumption increases economic growth and welfare. There are very few studies in the literature examining the relationship between energy consumption, energy prices and quality of life. The aim of this study is examining the hypothesis of the necessity of increasing the use of energy in order to reduce poverty and quality of life for Turkey. The study contributes to the literature due to the small number of studies conducted in this field and the fact that it investigates the relationship between energy consumption, energy prices and human development index with the help of the Autoregressive Distributed Lags model using current data for the period 1990-2019. Findings demonstrate that energy consumption is important for increasing human welfare and has little response to energy price changes in the long term. In the short term, it was found that the human development index was affected positively by energy consumption in the current period, and negatively affected in one lag, but neutral to energy prices.
Primary Language | English |
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Subjects | Economics |
Journal Section | Articles |
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Publication Date | December 31, 2021 |
Submission Date | September 22, 2021 |
Published in Issue | Year 2021 Volume: 3 Issue: 3 |