{"title":"Impact of Agricultural Sector on Economic Growth in MENA Countries: Evidence from Panel FMOLS and DOLS Estimators","authors":"Wafa Sebki","doi":"10.25115/sae.v41i1.8347","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The main purpose of this research paper was to empirically analyze the impact of the agricultural sector on economic growth in the Middle East and North Africa region during the period (2000-2019) based on panel co-integration approach and Fully modified OLS and Dynamic ordinary least squares estimators. The results showed a long run relationship between the variables used. As for the results of estimating the study model in the long run using the FMOLS and DOLS estimators, it was found that the agriculture value added had a significant positive impact on economic growth, while the food production index, employment in the agriculture sector and arable land had a negative impact on economic growth.","PeriodicalId":210068,"journal":{"name":"Studies of Applied Economics","volume":"98 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2023-01-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Studies of Applied Economics","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.25115/sae.v41i1.8347","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The main purpose of this research paper was to empirically analyze the impact of the agricultural sector on economic growth in the Middle East and North Africa region during the period (2000-2019) based on panel co-integration approach and Fully modified OLS and Dynamic ordinary least squares estimators. The results showed a long run relationship between the variables used. As for the results of estimating the study model in the long run using the FMOLS and DOLS estimators, it was found that the agriculture value added had a significant positive impact on economic growth, while the food production index, employment in the agriculture sector and arable land had a negative impact on economic growth.