Naila Erum
@ari.uitm.edu.my
Postdoctoral
Accounting Research Institute, University Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam, Malaysia
EDUCATION
I have completed PhD in Government and Public Policy from National Defence University. My master was in Economics from Fatima Jinnah Women's University Rawalpindi.
RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS
Multidisciplinary, Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Health Policy, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
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Shahida Kanwel, Zhiqiang Ma, Mingxing Li, Abid Hussain, Naila Erum, and Saif Ahmad
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Abstract Background Pakistani’s health services delivery system has been rarely evaluated regarding patient satisfaction. This study examined the performance of the Pakistani health system from the perspective of doctor services (DS), digital payment system (DPS), nurses’ services (NS), laboratory services (LS), pharmacy services (PHS), registration services (RS), physical services (environmentally and tangible) and doctor-patient communication (DPC) about patient satisfaction. A random sampling technique was adopted for data collection. Methodology The Social Science Statistical Package (SPSS), analysis of moment structures (AMOS), and structural equation modeling were used to analyze the data for reliability, validity, correlations, and descriptive findings. The 879 responses were used for study analysis. Results The study revealed that patient satisfaction was found to be significantly affected positively by LS, PHS, DS, NS, and DPS, while DPC, RS, and PF were impacted non-significantly. Consequently, there is a considerable communication gap in the doctor-patient interaction, and Pakistan's healthcare system is confronted with a shortage of physical infrastructure and challenges in the digital system. Conclusion Furthermore, the insufficient emphasis on registration services necessitates immediate action to improve the entire patient experience and satisfaction. Identifying these shortcomings has the potential to result in a healthcare system that is more efficient and focused on the needs of the patients.
Kazi Musa, Saira Tufail, Naila Erum, Jamaliah Said, and Abd Hadi Mustaffa
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Saleem Khan, Noor Jehan, Abdur Rauf, Fahim Nawaz, and Naila Erum
Wiley
AbstractThis study examined the quadratic role of renewable energy and economic growth on environment quality in Asia's five most populous countries: China, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Previous literature has scarcely addressed these economies and ignores the quadratic role of GDP per capita (GDPPC) and renewable energy (REN) together in a single study. Therefore, using STIRPAT model, we first added the quadratic term of GDPPC and then REN. In both cases, a quantile regression technique is utilised to identify the inclusive relationship between CO2 emissions and determining factors, considering different quantiles (0.25, 0.50, 0.75, 0.90, and 0.95) of CO2 emissions. The findings show that during the annual sample period of 1983–2019, urbanisation, GDPPC, non‐renewable energy, and REN all have an impact on CO2 emissions. Urbanisation and REN have nominal effects, with a 1% change in these variables leading to a 0.19% and 0.05% change in CO2 emissions, respectively. Non‐renewable energy and GDPPC are found to be main sources of CO2 emissions in the region. GDPPC is positively associated with CO2 emissions across all quantiles, but higher quantiles show a stronger correlation (i.e., GDPPC coefficients vary from 0.26 to 0.66). In addition, the results also revealed that the square term of GDPPC and REN significantly reduces CO2 emissions. This implies that our results support the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) hypothesis; an inverted U‐shaped is established for both GDPPC and REN. These results encourage policy makers to adopt renewable energy that is both growth and environment friendly.
Naila Erum, Kazi Sohag, Jamaliah Said, Kazi Musa, and Muhammad Mansoor Asghar
Elsevier BV
Orazaliyev Kanat, Zhijun Yan, Naila Erum, Muhammad Mansoor Asghar, Syed Anees Haider Zaidi, and Jamaliah Said
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Kizito Uyi Ehigiamusoe, Suresh Ramakrishnan, Abdul Rahim Ridzuan, Naila Erum, and Daouia Chebab
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Kazi Musa, Marijn Janssen, Jamaliah Said, Nor Balkish Zakaria, and Naila Erum
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Muhammad Saeed Meo, Naila Erum, and Hicham Ayad
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Naila Erum, Kazi Musa, Saira Tufail, Jamaliah Said, and Nor Balkish Zakaria
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Festus Fatai Adedoyin, Naila Erum, Dilvin Taşkin, and Daouia Chebab
Elsevier BV
Waqas Ahmed, Sharafat Ali, Hamid Waqas, Muhammad Asghar, and Naila Erum
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Festus Fatai Adedoyin, Naila Erum, and Ilhan Ozturk
Elsevier BV
Festus Fatai Adedoyin, Naila Erum, and Festus Victor Bekun
SAGE Publications
Over the years, policymakers in tourism-reliant economies have been saddled with the mandate to not only accelerate economic growth but also increase the living standards of domestic citizens. Tourism development has been highlighted in the extant literature as a route to attaining sustainable economic growth. Past studies affirm that tourism contributes significantly to both the wealth of nations and cultural diffusion. However, whether institutional quality moderates the impact of tourism on economic growth has yet to be given sufficient academic attention. The study uses data from 2002 to 2017 and the generalised method of moments methodology, while the Dumitrescu–Hurlin panel causality test is applied to check the robustness of results. The empirical results show that a 1% increase in tourist arrivals or air transport led to a 0.41% and 0.17% increase in economic growth, respectively. However, when particular governance variables are taken into consideration, this impact is reduced to −0.09% and −0.02% for both tourism proxies. This implies that the influence of governance on the tourism-led growth hypothesis through an interaction term between institutional quality and tourist arrivals was found to reverse the impact of tourism on growth from positive to negative in both high-earning and tourism-dependent countries. While infrastructure also contributes to economic growth, its impact is slightly higher in top earners than in tourism-dependent economies. The results of the study suggest that weak institutions in both country groups allow corrupt practices, which divert the positive impact that tourism should have on economic growth.
Yu Sun, Mingxing Li, Hongzheng Sun, Shahida Kanwel, Mengjuan Zhang, Naila Erum, and Abid Hussain
MDPI AG
Economic development is mainly dependent on fossil fuels. The massive use of fossil fuels has led to changes in the climate environment, in which the deterioration of air quality has affected people’s daily lives. This paper introduces the green growth level as a control variable to explore the connection between carbon dioxide emissions and the level of economic growth. It uses the EKC algorithm and VEC model to analyze Nanjing city’s data from 1993 to 2018. Given the data availability, the ARIMA algorithm was used to project carbon emissions for 2019–2025. It is found that the EKC curve of Nanjing City shows an N-shape, and the growth of economic level will cause the enhancement of carbon dioxide emissions. Carbon emissions will reach 7,592,140 tons in 2025. At present, we are in an essential stage of transition from N-shape to inverted U-shape, and this paper makes several recommendations based on the findings.
Ming Wen, Mingxing Li, Naila Erum, Abid Hussain, Haoyang Xie, and Hira Salah ud din Khan
MDPI AG
This study empirically examines the effect of economic development on carbon emissions and revisits the environmental Kuznets curve in Suzhou, China. The study made use of the Gross Domestic Product Per Capita (GDPPC) of Suzhou, China as an indicator of economic development as it depicts the entire developmental ecosystem that indicates the level of production activities and total energy consumption. Bearing this in mind, the authors postulate that economic development directly increases carbon emissions through industrial and domestic consumptions. For this purpose, linear and non-linear approaches to cointegration are applied. The study finds the existence of an inverted U-shape relationship between economic development and carbon emission in the long run. Trade openness and industrial share are positively contributing to increasing carbon emissions. Energy use shows a positive sign but an insignificant association with carbon emissions. The study concludes that carbon emissions in Suzhou should be further decreased followed by policy recommendations.
Naila Erum and Shahzad Hussain
Elsevier BV
Fiaz Hussain, Shahzad Hussain, and Naila Erum
Pakistan Institute of Development Economics
Recent increase in defense expenditure (Dexp hereinafter) in Pakistan due to increase in internal security and terrorism is an issue of concern to many Pakistani and other stakeholders in the Pakistan economy. Presently, internal security issues especially that of the increasingly violent homegrown terrorism is forcing increasing financial cost on government‘s expenditure towards defense sector. According to Budget documents, defense budget amounts to Rs 700. 2 billion for the 2014-15 fiscal year compared with Rs 627.2 billion allocated in the preceding fiscal year, showing an increase of Rs 73 billion. However, these figures do not include Rs 163.4 billion allocated for pensions of the military personnel.1 In addition to this, military would also be given Rs 165 billion under the contingent liability and Rs 85 billion under the Coalition Support Fund (CSF). This means that in reality Rs 1113 billion has been allocated for the military which is about 28.2 percent of the country‘s total budget [Sheikh and Yousaf (2014)]. This has led to diversion of the money needed for much-needed development projects, as the share of current expenditure in total budgetary outlay for 2014-15 is 80.5 percent.2 This diversion of funds has economic implication since some social sectors are likely to suffer in Pakistan