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A shot at economic prosperity : long-term effects of India's childhood immunization program on earnings and consumption expenditure

Summan, Amit; Nandi, Arindam; Bloom, David E. - 2022

Routine childhood vaccinations are among the most cost-effective interventions. In recent years, the broader benefits of vaccines, which include improved cognitive and schooling outcomes, have also been established. This paper evaluates the long-term economic benefits of India's national program...

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A shot at economic prosperity : long-term effects of India's childhood immunization program on earnings and consumption expenditure

Summan, Amit; Nandi, Arindam; Bloom, David E. - 2022

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013263227

The effect of vaccination on children's physical and cognitive development in the Philippines

Bloom, David E.; Canning, David; Shenoy, Erica S. - In: Applied economics 44 (2012) 19/21, pp. 2777-2783

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The contribution of female health to economic development

Bloom, David E.; Kuhn, Michael; Prettner, Klaus - 2015

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The returns to parental health : evidence from Indonesia

Luca, Dara Lee; Bloom, David E. - 2018

affects her children's health, but is also intrinsically linked to her spouse's labor market status and earnings. Paternal … negative effects on their children are compounded. Additionally, the consequences of poor parental health are enduring. Longer …This paper investigates the economic returns to parental health. To account for potential endogeneity between parental …

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The returns to parental health : evidence from Indonesia

Luca, Dara Lee; Bloom, David E. - 2018

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011979751

A shot at economic prosperity : long-term effects of India's childhood immunization program on earnings and consumption expenditure

Summan, Amit; Nandi, Arindam; Bloom, David E. - In: American Journal of Health Economics : AJHE official … 9 (2023) 4, pp. 552-583

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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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Africa's prospects for enjoying a demographic dividend

Bloom, David E.; Kuhn, Michael; Prettner, Klaus - 2016

We assess Africa's prospects for enjoying a demographic dividend. While fertility rates and dependency ratios in Africa remain high, they have started to decline. According to UN projections, they will fall further in the coming decades such that by the mid-21st century the ratio of the...

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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...

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