Impact of the consumption of drinking water in the economic growth of the Brazilian States From 1994 to 2018
International Journal of Development Research
Impact of the consumption of drinking water in the economic growth of the Brazilian States From 1994 to 2018
Received 19th January, 2022; Received in revised form 23rd February, 2022; Accepted 20th March, 2022; Published online 27th April, 2022
Copyright © 2022, Vasconcelos Reis Wakim and Elizete Aparecida de Magalhães Wakim. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The objective of this study was to identify how water drinking consumption impacted the economic growth of the Brazilian State from 1994 to 2018. To develop this study has used the methodology called dynamic panel was proposed by Arellano and Bover (1995). Beyond this, was used as a theoretical model to help us to discussthe results of the Dose-Response Method. The GDP was used as an explained variable for Brazilian states. The variables of interest were the water drinking consumption (human, industry, and agriculture). The variables of control were Cattle Herd, Total Production of Temporary and Permanent Crops, and Population. We obtained, as a result, that water drinking consumption (human, industry, and agriculture) influence the economic growth of the Brazilian states during the studied period. This scenario shows the importance of water to the economy, and how it can be crucial to the survival of humanity.
