THE LONG-RUN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HUMAN CAPITAL AND CURRENT ACCOUNT BALANCES

Abstract

This study aims to find out the long-run relationship between human capital and the current account balances. The panel data analysis is carried out for the time period between 1990 and 2018. 88 developing and developed countries are included in the study. Panel cointegration analysis is applied to test the long-run relationships. The human capital is represented by two indexes. First one is The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) human capital index. Second one is United Nations human development Index. For both indexes, there are significant and positive long-run relationships between the human capitals with current account balances for high income countries. And there are negative long-run statistically significant relationships for all countries, all countries except industrial countries and all countries except industrial and African countries groups.