This paper presents the first empirical assessment of the causal relationship between social capital and health in … perceived good health. …

This paper presents the first empirical assessment of the causal relationship between social capital and health in … perceived good health. …

interaction on health in Italy. After controlling for household income, education, work status and a number of socio …-perceived health. The frequency of visits with relatives has a significant, but weaker effect. Membership in voluntary organizations is … a significant and weakly negative predictor of good health. Other relevant explanatory variables are education and work …

effect of both health and education capital on economic growth and poverty at the district level in Indonesia. Second … comprehensive examination of the impacts of health on growth and poverty at the subnational level. Thus, this study is the first at … the analysis and probed the effects of health capital as well. As far as we are aware, no study has done a direct and …

In this paper, the trend and determinants of health and poverty among the elderly in rural India is analysed. Two …-96 and 2004 while increased proportion of elderly with poor health status is continued. Results suggest that poverty is one … independent and pooled datasets. Our analysis shows that levels of consumption poverty have declined marginally between 1995 …

I examine the effects of education on health in Indonesia using an exogenous variation in education induced by an … health. I explore some mechanisms through which education may affect health, but education does not seem to promote healthy … lifestyles, increase the use of modern healthcare services, or improve access to health insurance; if anything, education …

The study estimates calories, proteins and fats-income elasticities in sub Saharan Africa (SSA). Annual time series … data for 43 countries covering 1975-2009 that yields a balanced panel was employed for the analysis. The nutrient-income … that is robust to autocorrelation and non-parametric plot. The empirical results show that a 10% increase in income will …

Although, currently many people live longer and enjoy the benefit of better health than their previous generations …, many countries face an important challenge: large differences among population’s health. Thus, health inequality is met … disadvantaged groups and the rest of the population. Therefore, in this paper I analyzed the health inequalities between the …

Health Survey food consumption data for over 93,000 children from 21 African countries and Global Land Cover Facility tree …

the fixed effect partial adjustment model and regresses the human development index on health and education spending …. Results show that while health spending is significant in explaining human development in these countries both in the short … of the human capital in these countries, increased funding of the health sector is necessary. Furthermore, ensuring …