The Effect of Health on Economic Growth: Theory and Evidence. NBER Working Paper No. 8587Issued in November 2001NBER Program(s): AG HC IFM LS Macroeconomists acknowledge the contribution of human capital to economic growth, but their empirical studies define human capital solely in terms of schooling.
In this paper, we extend production function models of economic growth to account for two additional variables that microeconomists have identified as fundamental components of human capital: work experience and health. Our main result is that good health has a positive, sizable, and statistically significant effect on aggregate output. We find little variation across countries in average work experience, thus differentials in work experience account for little variation in rates of economic growth. Health Economics Information Resources: A Self-Study Course: Module 1. Databases and Retrieval Services. NICHSR coordinates the development of information products and services related to health services research.
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