This paper examines whether growth regressions should incorporate dualism and structural change. If there is a … factor productivity. The paper develops empirical growth models that allow for this effect in a more flexible way than … labour can explain a significant fraction of the international variation in TFP growth. …

While there is a growing literature on family health spillovers, questions remain about how sibling disability status …

innovative companies and effects on long-run growth operating through the disruption of preexisting R&D plans …

information on their health status at the age of 18 and later educational attainment, we investigate whether educational … attainment is related to early health status within monozygotic twin pairs. In general, we obtain no indication of this being so …. As a result, we find little evidence that early health differences between twins would bias the estimates of the returns …

While much is now known about the effects of physical health shocks to pregnant women on the outcomes of the in …

information on their health status at the age of 18 and later educational attainment, we investigate whether educational … attainment is related to early health status within monozygotic twin pairs. In general, we obtain no indication of this being so …. As a result, we find little evidence that early health differences between twins would bias the estimates of the returns …

While much is now known about the effects of physical health shocks to pregnant women on the outcomes of the in …

This paper investigates the returns to education in terms of individuals' health in Brazil. We use the Heckman … microdata from National Survey by Household Sample for 2003 and 2008. The health status is measured by self-assessment of … is lower for individuals in poor health; for people with 15 or more years of schooling, the rate of return is 10 …

This paper examines the causal relationships between human capital (Education, and Health) and Economic growth for the …-VAR investigations show bi-directional causality between Education and Health. Causality also exists from Education to Economic growth …. On the other hand, causality is found between Health and Economic growth and not the reverse. We therefore perform …