Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 PhD Candidate in Sociology of Economics and Development, Islamic Azad University, Babol Branch, Babol, Iran.

2 Associate Professor of Sociology, Islamic Azad University, Babol Branch, Babol, Iran

3 Professor of Economics, University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Iran

4 Associate Professor of Sociology,Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

attention to social progress and human development for the creation and sustainability of the economy, especially in developing countries, is of particular importance and highlights the need to examine the impact of social progress on GDP of these countries.The statistics on the Human Development Index, the Human Development Index through the Social Progress Index, Capital and Employment Index, as well as GDP per capita in 104 countries are taken from the United Nations Development Program, the Social Development Index and the World Bank from 2014 to 2018, respectively.In order to investigate the effect of these variables on GDP, panel data method has been analyzed using Eviews10 software.The results of estimating panel data in the studied years showed that the impact of human development on GDP in two groups of middle to high income countries and high income countries is increasing and significant;Social progress in the transfer of the effect of human development to GDP in all four groups of countries has an increasing and significant effect;Finally, capital and employment have a significant increase in GDP per capita in high-income countries.

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پیوست
پیوست 1. کشورهای منتخب جهان در تحقیق حاضر
Appendix 1. Selected countries of the world in the present study
 
اسامی کشورها
کشورهای با درآمد پایین
بورکینافاسو، جمهوری کنگو، کنگو (دموکرات)، گینه، لیبریا، موزامبیک، بنین، چاد، گینه-بیسائو، مالی، نپال، رواندا، توگو.
کشورهای با درآمد پایین‌تر از حد متوسط
کابو وود، کامرون، ساحل‌عاج، مصر (جمهوری عرب)، هندوراس، اندونزی، مغولستان، بنگلادش، بولیوی، کامبوج، السالوادور، هندوستان، کنیا، موریتانی، مولداوی، مراکش، نیکاراگوئه، پاکستان، فیلیپین، سودان، اوکراین، سنگال، زیمبابوه.
کشورهای با درآمد بالاتر از حد متوسط
بوتسوانا، بلغارستان، کلمبیا، جمهوری دومینیکن، گواتمالا، جمهوری اسلامی ایران، مالزی، مکزیک، پاراگوئه، رومانی، آفریقای‌جنوبی، ارمنستان، بلاروس، برزیل، کاستاریکا، اکوادور، اردن، لبنان، موریس، مونته نگرو، پرو، فدراسیون روسیه، صربستان، تایلند، ترکیه، آرژانتین، سری لانکا، جورجیا.
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استرالیا، شیلی، استونی، فنلاند، ایسلند، ایتالیا، لاتویا، لیتوانی، لهستان، اسپانیا، سوئیس، ایالات‌متحده، اتریش، بلژیک، کانادا، کرواسی، قبرس، دانمارک، فرانسه، آلمان، یونان، مجارستان، ایرلند، اسرائیل، ژاپن، لوکزامبورگ، هلند، نیوزلند، نروژ، عمان، پرتغال، قطر، عربستان‌سعودی، سنگاپور، جمهوری‌اسلواکی، اسلوونی، سوئد، امارات‌متحده‌عربی، انگلستان، اروگوئه.