This paper presents a unified theory of human capital with both health capital and, what we term, skill capital … endogenously determined within the model. By considering joint investment in health capital and in skill capital, the model … highlights similarities and differences in these two important components of human capital. Health is distinct from skill: health …

We present a theory of human capital, with its two most essential components, health capital and, what we term, skill … an important economic mechanism driving human-capital formation, socio-economic and health disparities, human …-capital based economic growth, and causal relations among the stocks of wealth, skill and health, namely whether individuals can …

international migration research, both from a methodological as well as an empirical perspective. The purpose of this paper is … twofold. First, it aims to provide an overview of that part of the migration literature that is concerned with the …

This paper evaluates the strength of social and economic forces that affect the pressure to emigrate 'out of Africa … out of Africa, especially in Ghana and Senegal. Signs of positive selection with respect to the level of education of … migration behaviour. Both ties within the household with household members who have international migration experience and ties …

Biased longevity expectations will lead to suboptimal decisions regarding saving, retirement, annuitization and health … explain heterogeneity in economic behaviour by education and cognitive functioning. Analysis of eight waves of the US Health …

Rapid urbanization could have positive and negative health effects, such that the net impact on population health is … not obvious. It is, however, highly pertinent to the human welfare consequences of development. This paper uses community … and individual level longitudinal data from the China Health and Nutrition Survey to estimate the net health impact of …

Understanding of the substantial disparity in health between low and high socioeconomic status (SES) groups is hampered … disparities in health by SES. In our model, lifestyle factors, working conditions, retirement, living conditions and curative care … are mechanisms through which SES, health and mortality are related. Our model predicts a widening and possibly a …

death, covering a window of unprecedented size (1912-2000) are merged with historical data on macroeconomic and health …

This paper tries to establish who carries the burden in supporting reproductive health and AIDS programs worldwide. The … assistance in matters of reproductive health and AIDS. This global effort has so far not sufficiently been supported by funds and …

This study explores global inequality in health status, and decomposes it into within- andbetween-country inequality …. We rely on standardized height indicators as our health indicator sincethey avoid the measurement pitfalls of more … traditional measures of health such as morbidity,mortality and life expectancy. They also avoid measurement problems associated …