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The contribution of female health to economic development
Bloom, David E.; Kuhn, Michael; Prettner, Klaus - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011327230
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Improving health : a key to halving global poverty by 2015
Bloom, David E.; Canning, David; Graham, Bryan S.; … - In: Solving the riddle of globalization and development, (pp. 104-123). 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003928579
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Modern infectious diseases: macroeconomic impacts and policy responses
Bloom, David E.; Kuhn, Michael; Prettner, Klaus - 2020
. First, we cover the role of health in driving economic growth and well-being and discuss standard frameworks for assessing … and their macroeconomic repercussions. Fourth, we discuss the health toll and economic impacts of five infectious diseases … human toll and impose a staggering economic burden, early and targeted health and economic policy interventions can often …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012271478
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The contribution of female health to economic development
Bloom, David E.; Kuhn, Michael; Prettner, Klaus - In: The economic journal : the journal of the Royal … 130 (2020) 630, pp. 1650-1677
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The Effect of Vaccination on Children's Physical and Cognitive Development in the Philippines
Bloom, David E.; Canning, David; Seigner, Erica - 2011
We use data from the Cebu Longitudinal Health and Nutrition Survey in the Philippines to link vaccination in the first …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009294022
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A demographic dividend for Sub-Saharan Africa : source, magnitude, and realization
Bloom, David E.; Humair, Salal; Rosenberg, Larry; … - 2013
Managing rapid population growth and spurring economic growth are among the most pressing policy challenges for Sub-Saharan Africa. We discuss the links between them and investigate the potential of family planning programs to address these challenges. Specifically, we estimate the impact of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010229487
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Optimal retirement with increasing longevity
Bloom, David E.; Canning, David; Moore, Michael J. - In: The Scandinavian journal of economics 116 (2014) 3, pp. 838-858
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Going beyond GDP with a parsimonious indicator : inequality-adjusted healthy lifetime income
Bloom, David E.; Fan, Victoria Y.; Kufenko, Vadim; … - 2020
life", such as health and equality of opportunity. However, per capita GDP has the virtues of easy interpretation and can … preserves the advantages of per capita GDP, but also includes health and equality. We propose a new parsimonious indicator to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012169722
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Health and economic growth
Bloom, David E.; Kuhn, Michael; Prettner, Klaus - 2018
Economists increasingly accept that social norms have powerful effects on human behavior and outcomes. In recent history, one norm widely adhered to in most developed nations has been for men to be the primary breadwinner within mixed-gender households. As women have entered the labor market in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011949006
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A demographic dividend for Sub-Saharan Africa: Source, Magnitude, and Realization
Bloom, David E.; Humair, Salal; Rosenberg, Larry; … - 2013
The demographic dividend – the one-time economic bonus that can arise, if conditions are right, from a decline in fertility rates – could matter a lot for Sub-Saharan Africa. Rapid population growth will doubtless bring great challenges, but lower fertility rates could usher in a higher...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010721380