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 complements previous studies on the effects of health on wages by addressing the problems of unobserved … corrections are necessary. Good health leads to higher wages for men, while there appears to be no significant effect for women …. Contingent on the method of estimation, healthy males are estimated to earn between 1.3% and 7.8% more than those in poor health. …

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 …

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 …

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

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 …

The role of human capital (education and health) is recognized both in theoretical and empirical economic literature …. Better education and health services enhance productivity and earnings of the workers. So the present study is an attempt to … for the analysis. Three equations have been estimated by using the ordinary least square method. Education and health …

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 …