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For nations already facing pollution issues, fossil fuel energy consumption is deteriorating living standards. Though prevailing infrastructure makes fossil fuel energy use feasible for production, it still pollutes our environment. This study in the domain of environment and development assesses the impact of fossil fuel energy consumption on the infant mortality rate in 15 Asian economies during 1996 and 2019. The living standards are assessed using infant mortality rate, while non-linear fossil fuel energy consumption is used with gross capital formation, employment, and preprimary education as independent variables. The feasible generalized least square method evaluates the effects. The study concludes that fossil fuel energy consumption follows a U-shaped relationship explaining infant mortality. The results point out that over-consumption of fossil fuel energy is deteriorating the living standards considering low air quality levels in Asian economies.
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Conceptualization: Sial, M. H.; Arshed, N.; methodology: Sial, M. H.; Khan, Y. A.; formal analysis and (field/laboratory) investigation: Sial, M. H.; Arshed, N.; Khan, Y. A.; writing — original draft preparation: Arshed, N.; Amjad, M. A.; writing — review and editing: Sial, M. H.; Arshed, N.; Khan, Y. A., Amjad, M. A.
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Sial, M.H., Arshed, N., Amjad, M.A. et al. Nexus between fossil fuel consumption and infant mortality rate: a non-linear analysis. Environ Sci Pollut Res 29, 58378–58387 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-19975-5
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