Presentation Topics

By: Ahmed Saleem Khan

 Name of Topic Government spending on education, human capital accumulation,
and growth
Journal Education Economics

Year of Publication 2016

Hypothesis Relationship between government spending on education and growth

Data Source WDI

Type of Analysis Case Study

Major Variables Education, Government spending, Taxation and General equilibrium

 Name of Topic Does Government Spending on Education
Promote Growth and Schooling Returns?
Journal Education Economics

Year of Publication 2009

Hypothesis Relationship between government spending on education and growth

Data Source WDI cross sectional

Type of Analysis Cross Sectional 44 countries/ (quantitative analysis)

Major Variables Education spending, Growth and Returns to schooling

 Name of Topic PUBLIC SPENDING ON HEALTH CARE AND HEALTH OUTCOMES:
CROSSCOUNTRY COMPARISON

Journal Health Economics

Year of Publication 2013

Hypothesis Relationship between government spending on health care and mortality rate

Data Source Cross sectional WDI

Type of Analysis Cross sectional 131 countries/ (Quantitative analysis)

Major Variables Public expenditure on health, child mortality, infant mortality

 Name of Topic Government Spending, Corruption and Economic Growth

Journal Economic Growth

Year of Publication 2016

Hypothesis Relationship between corruption and economic growth

Data Source WDI

Type of Analysis Longitudinal/Panel data

Major Variables Corruption, Government spending, Development economics

 Name of Topic Government Spending and
Air Pollution in the US
Journal Environmental Economics

Year of Publication 2013

Hypothesis Relationship between government spending and air Pollution

Data Source US Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA)
Type of Analysis Cross sectional / Time Series (Quantitative Analysis)

Major Variables Air pollution, Government spending, Public goods, Market imperfections