DETERMINANTS OF GDP GROWTH AND MODELING ISSUES: EVIDENCE FROM PAKISTAN

Authors

  • Dr. Shahzad Farid , Department of Sociology, University of Okara, Okara, Pakistan
  • Sajjad Hussain Department of Sociology, International Islamic University, Islamabad Pakistan
  • Muhammad Farooq Ahmad , Department of Sociology, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad Pakistan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52567/pjsr.v2i02.9

Abstract

The study claimed that economic variables, exclusively, have been prioritized to determine GDP growth
while social variables are comparatively vigorous for the determination. Therefore, the study determined
GDP growth using economic variables which produced robust results whereas the social variables
determined GDP growth concretely. This indicated the modeling issues in terms of economic variables to
be used solely. I concluded that social variables to determine GDP growth (using Granger causality)
satisfy the conditions of causality – necessity and sufficiency – and formulated a narrative equation
(equation a) that reflected most effective predictor(s) of GDP growth.
Keywords: GDP growth, Modeling, Social factors, Economic factors

Author Biographies

  • Dr. Shahzad Farid, , Department of Sociology, University of Okara, Okara, Pakistan

    Assistant Professor

  • Sajjad Hussain, Department of Sociology, International Islamic University, Islamabad Pakistan

    PhD Scholar,

  • Muhammad Farooq Ahmad, , Department of Sociology, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad Pakistan

    PhD Scholar

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Published

2020-12-15

How to Cite

[1]
“DETERMINANTS OF GDP GROWTH AND MODELING ISSUES: EVIDENCE FROM PAKISTAN”, Pak. J, Soc. Sci., vol. 2, no. 02, pp. 17–22, Dec. 2020, doi: 10.52567/pjsr.v2i02.9.