Modeling the effects of health on economic growth

Bhargava, Alok; Jamison, Dean T.; Laü, Lawrence J.; Murray, Christopher J L

doi:10.1016/s0167-6296(01)00073-x

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“…On the contrary, the positive role of capital investments is consistent in all specifications. The positive effects linked to INST and initial HD (especially life expectancy at birth) are consistently high, in line with other specific results on the effects of health conditions on economic growth (Bhargava et al, 2000). In particular, the role of education as initial human capital endowments has the same role as the initial GDP level where countries with higher school enrolment ratios are those with lower growth rates.…”

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Environment, Human Development and Economic Growth

Costantini¹,

Monni²

2006

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in Environment, Human Development and Economic Growth SummaryOver the last few years, environmental issues have entered into policy design, particularly development and growth policies. Natural resources are considered necessary production inputs and environmental quality is considered a welfare determinant. The integration of environmental issues into economic growth and development theories and empirics is currently widely analyzed in the literature. The effects of natural resources endowment on economic growth are mainly analyzed through the so-called Resource Curse Hypothesis (RCH) whereas the effects of economic growth on environmental quality are part of the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC). Furthermore, recent contributions on RCH and EKC have shown the important role of institutions and human development dimensions in building a sustainable development path. In this paper, we attempt to analyze the causal relationships between economic growth, human development and sustainability combining the RCH and EKC models and adopting a human development perspective.

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Environment, Human Development and Economic Growth

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2006

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“…Other authors that find an adverse effect between poor health and economic growth are: Gallup and Sachs (2000), McCarthy et al (2000), Arcand (2001), and Bhargava et al (2001). Sala-i-Martin (2005) uses the theory of growth with poverty traps to illustrate that health has a direct effect on productivity.…”

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The Comparative Economics of Catch-Up in Output Per Worker, Total Factor Productivity and Technological Gain in Sub-Saharan Africa

Ssozi

Asongu

2015

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After investigating the effect of external financial flows on total factor productivity and technological gain, we use the beta catch-up and sigma convergence to compare dispersions in output per worker, total factor productivity and technological gain in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) for the years 1980-2010. The comparative evidence is articulated with income levels, years of schooling, and health factors. We find; first, a positive association between foreign direct investment, trade openness, foreign aid, remittances and total factor productivity. However, when foreign direct investment is interacted with schooling, it is direct effect becomes negative on total factor productivity. Second, beta catch-up is between19.22% and 19.70% per annum with corresponding time to full catch-up of 25.38 years and 26.01 years respectively. Third, we find sigma-convergence among low-income nations and upper-middle income nations separately, but not for the entire sample together. Fourth, schooling in SSA is not yet a significant source of technology, but it can make external financial inflows more effective. Policies to induce external financial flows are not enough for development if absorptive capacity is low. More policy implications are discussed. JEL Classification: E23 F21O11 O33 O55

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“…Para ello se deberá buscar disminuir los pagos de bolsillo de medicamentos, a la vez que podría combinar el sistema contributivo solidario con sistemas no contributivos, basados en rentas generales que sean recaudadas de manera progresiva. El mayor acceso y cobertura en bienes y servicios de salud contribuye a mejorar el estado de salud de la población y, consecuentemente, impacta de manera positiva sobre la productividad y el desarrollo económico 1,2,3 . Por el contrario, las inequidades limitan las oportunidades de las personas de desarrollar su pleno potencial 8 y llevar la vida que desean.…”

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“…La salud, como componente del capital humano, es un determinante del desarrollo de los países 1,2,3 . Por lo tanto, promover el acceso a la salud es una política del Estado orientada a mejorar, tanto la distribución de oportunidades, como la eficiencia productiva.…”

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Determinantes de la equidad en el financiamiento de los medicamentos en Argentina: un estudio empírico

2016

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Resumen Los medicamentos constituyen un alto porcentaje del gasto en salud de los hogares, por eso, tener un sistema progresivo de financiamiento de medicamentos es fundamental para lograr un sistema de salud equitativo. Se ha propuesto que los determinantes de la equidad en el financiamiento son socioeconómicos, demográficos y asociados a la intervención pública, sin embargo, se ha avanzado poco en su evaluación empírica y en la cuantificación de su importancia relativa. En este trabajo estimamos regresiones por cuantiles a nivel provincial en Argentina y encontramos que la población mayor a 65 años, el desempleo, la existencia de laboratorios públicos de producción de medicamentos, las transferencias de tratamientos y la orientación del sistema de salud a la atención primaria, son importantes predictores de la progresividad en el esquema de pagos. Ingresos bajos, instituciones débiles, infraestructura y provisión de servicios insuficientes redundan en respuestas sociales más regresivas a las necesidades sanitarias, empeorando las condiciones de vida y limitando las oportunidades de desarrollo.

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Modeling the effects of health on economic growth

Cited by 494 publications

References 24 publications

Environment, Human Development and Economic Growth

Environment, Human Development and Economic Growth

The Comparative Economics of Catch-Up in Output Per Worker, Total Factor Productivity and Technological Gain in Sub-Saharan Africa

Determinantes de la equidad en el financiamiento de los medicamentos en Argentina: un estudio empírico

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