The Impact of International Migration, Immigration and Human Development Index on Economic Growth (A Case Study of Afghanistan)

Abstract

Today, Migration is one of the most common phenomena in Afghanistan. Undoubtedly, migration is not free of economic effects. Labor is one of the inputs of production and human capital is the main reason for economic growth and development of a country. The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of international migration, migration and human development index on economic growth in Afghanistan. For this purpose, annual data of Afghanistan during the time period of (2003-2017) were investigated by using the Autoregressive-Distributed Lag (ARDL) method. The results show that in the short and long term, the human development index has a positive and significant effect on economic growth and the increase of the country's immigrants has a positive and significant effect on economic growth. Also, the increase in the number of out-migration has a negative and significant effect on economic growth, although no significant relationship was found in the long run.