This paper explores the causal pathway by which poor fetal health translates into reducing educational attainment and … impairment, both subtypes exhibit similar impairment to physical health. And finally, there is evidence that the causes and … differentiating between these subtypes may offer new opportunities to identify the underlying casual relationships between health and …

Owing to lack of relevant data on health human resource migration, the empirical dimension of the health-worker crisis … debate has remained void despite abundant theoretical literature. A health worker crisis is overwhelming the world. Shortages … in health professionals are reaching staggering levels in many parts of the globe. This paper complements existing …

This paper examines three relevant hypotheses on the incidence of health worker migration on human development and … economic prosperity (at macro and micro levels) in Africa. Owing to lack of relevant data on Health Human Resource … health professional emigration. Using quantile regression, the following findings have been established. (1) The effect of …

Abstract Purpose – How do economic prosperity, health expenditure, savings, price-stability, demographic change … openness and financial liberalization play-out in the fight against health-worker crisis when existing emigration levels matter …? Despite the acute concern of health-worker crisis in Africa owing to emigration, lack of relevant data has made the subject …

How do economic prosperity, health expenditure, savings, price-stability, demographic change, democracy, corruption … liberalization play-out in the fight against health-worker crisis when existing emigration levels matter? Despite the acute concern … of health-worker crisis in Africa owing to emigration, lack of relevant data has made the subject matter empirically void …

We examine the effect of reference health on the demand for medical care. We propose and empirically implement a … dynamic model of demand for medical care that includes reference health, an average of previous health states. We find that … gain or loss from reference health significantly affects the demand for medical care. The effect is stronger for losses …

This paper assesses the effect of a sequence of natural disasters on children’s health that hit Mozambique at the start … literature on the subject of the impact of shocks on child health in the developing world by focusing on measurement errors …