İnsan Hakları Ekonomik Büyümeyi Artırır mı? Gelişmekte Olan Ülkelerden Panel Kanıt

Abstract

Bu çalışma, gelişmekte olan ülkeler için iki ekonomik büyüme ölçütü ve 1961-2017 yıllarını kapsayan dengesiz bir veri kullanarak insan hakları ve ekonomik büyümenin etkisini incelemeye çalışmaktadır. Çalışmanın hipotezi, insan hakları koruma skorundaki iyileşmenin bir ekonomideki ekonomik büyümeyi artırdığını iddia etmektedir. İlk olarak değişkenlerin durağan olup olmadığını görmek için panel birim kök testi uyguladım. Panel birim kök testlerine dayalı olarak değişkenlerin seviyelerde durağanlığı (yani I(0)) doğrulandıktan sonra, potansiyel sahte regresyon problemi korkusu olmadan ampirik tahminler yapılmıştır. Tahmin sonuçlarına göre, önceki beklentilere paralel olarak, tahmin edilen tüm modellerde insan haklarının korunması, fiziki sermaye yatırımı, eğitim yatırımı ve dışa açıklık değişkenlerinin ekonomik büyüme üzerinde pozitif istatistiksel olarak anlamlı etkisi tespit edilirken, enflasyon değişkeninin ekonomik büyüme üzerinde negatif istatistiksel olarak anlamlı etkisi tespit edilmiştir. Tahmin sonuçları, daha yüksek ekonomik büyümeye ulaşmaya çalışan ülkelerin, ekonomik büyümenin diğer belirleyicilerinin yanı sıra, insan haklarının korunmasına önem vermeleri ve insan haklarının korunmasını önceleyen politikalar uygulamaları gerektiğini göstermektedir.

Keywords

• İnsan Hakları
• Ekonomik Büyüme
• Gelişmekte Olan Ülkeler
• Panel Çalışma

Does Human Rights Enhance Economic Growth?: Panel Evidence from Developing Countries

Abstract

This study attempts to examine the impact of human rights and economic growth by utilizing two measures of economic growth for developing countries and an unbalanced data spanning from 1961-2017. The hypothesis of the study asserts that improvement in human right protection score increases economic growth in an economy. Firstly I conducted panel unit root test to see if the variables are stationary. After verifying the stationarity of variables at levels (i.e., I(0)) based on panel unit root tests, empirical estimations were conducted without the fear of potential spurious regression problem. According to the estimation results, in parallel to prior expectations, positive statistically significant effect on economic growth was identified for the variables of human right protection, physical capital investment, education investment, openness whereas negative statistically significant effect on economic growth was identified for the variable of inflation in all models estimated. Estimation results indicate that countries trying to reach to higher economic growth, besides the other determinants of economic growth, must pay attention to human right protection and implement policies that prioritizing human right protection.

Keywords

• Human Rights
• Economic Growth
• Developing Countries
• Panel Study

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