Does health capital have differential effects on economic growth?/ created by Arusha Cooray

By:

Cooray, Arusha [author]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Applied economics letters ; Volume 20, number 3New York: Taylor and Francis, 2013Content type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISSN:

13504851

Subject(s):

Health capital -- Life expectancy -- Survival rate

LOC classification:

HB1.A666 APP

Online resources:

Click here to access online

Abstract: Investigating the impact of health capital disaggregated by gender on economic growth in a sample of 210 countries over the period 1990 to 2008, this study suggests that the influence of health capital across countries cannot be generalized. The results for the full sample indicate that health capital does not have a robust and significant effect on economic growth unless through their interactions with health expenditure and education. The results disaggregated by income group reveal that health capital has a positive robust influence on economic growth in high and upper middle income economies. In low and low middle income economies, health capital gains statistical significance only through their interaction with education and health expenditure. Increased fertility rates act to reduce the influence of health capital on economic growth.

Reviews from LibraryThing.com:

Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.

Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Vol info	Copy number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
Journal Article	Main Library - Special Collections	HB1.A666 APP (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Vol. 20, no.3 (pages 244-249)	SP17971	Not for loan	For in house use only

Browsing Main Library shelves, Shelving location: - Special Collections Close shelf browser (Hides shelf browser)

Previous	No cover image available	No cover image available	No cover image available	No cover image available	No cover image available	No cover image available	No cover image available	Next
Previous	HB1.A666 APP Factors correlating with long-lasting banking crises: a special focus on crisis resolution policy measures/	HB1.A666 APP Financial variables as leading indicators of GDP growth: evidence from a MIDAS approach during the Great Recession/	HB1.A666 APP A note on the yen/dollar rate without foreign exchange intervention/	HB1.A666 APP Does health capital have differential effects on economic growth?/	HB1.A666 APP Foreign exchange reserves management in the presence of jump risk/	HB1.A666 APP ’Til recession do us part booms, busts and divorce in the United States	HB1.A666 APP Volatility and mean spillovers between sovereign and banking sector CDS markets a note on the European sovereign debt crisis	Next

Investigating the impact of health capital disaggregated by gender on economic growth in a sample of 210 countries over the period 1990 to 2008, this study suggests that the influence of health capital across countries cannot be generalized. The results for the full sample indicate that health capital does not have a robust and significant effect on economic growth unless through their interactions with health expenditure and education. The results disaggregated by income group reveal that health capital has a positive robust influence on economic growth in high and upper middle income economies. In low and low middle income economies, health capital gains statistical significance only through their interaction with education and health expenditure. Increased fertility rates act to reduce the influence of health capital on economic growth.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.

here