Figueiredo, Lízia de; Noronha, Kenya Valeria; Andrade, … - Centro de Desenvolvimento e Planejamento Regional … - 2003
This paper aims to test the relationship between health and per capita economic growth. Two main causalities were … discussed: if health would directly increase labor productivity or if it would, indirectly, intensify the positive effect of … education on growth. A better health status could decrease the depreciation of human capital, proxied by education. We run two …