This paper extends a two-period Overlapping Generations (OLG) model of endogenous growth in which associations between human capital, social capital, and health outcomes are critically examined for a low income country, India. If individuals with higher level of human capital can build strong...

With India’s low life expectancy largely reflecting deaths from preventable diseases, the most significant gains in health would come from population-wide preventive measures. Access to public health care services varies substantially, resulting in many people turning to private-sector...

Health insurance market in India has become the fastest growing segment in non–life insurance sector in India. The health insurance business in India saw a 24% growth in FY 17 with a premium of INR 30,765 Cr and a market share of 24%. It has been the fastest growing market segment registering...

In this paper, we seek to examine the factors that influence the choice of healthcare providers in the rural areas of a highly developed state of India, Punjab. In particular, we examined the choice between government and private providers, as well as between medical professionals and informal...

The presence of private providers in the Indian healthcare remains one of the most debated issues. This paper attempts to contribute to this debate from the angle of the ultimate goal of healthcare provision – a healthy population. We explore whether private sector presence has improved the...

With a low Tax to GDP ratio of only 17%, despite allocating 10% of its revenues to healthcare, India will be unable to finance all of her healthcare needs from public expenditures. Therefore, the only way to ensure that all of her citizens get good healthcare, is for the Indian government to...

We assess India’s healthcare capacity by comparing several countrywide and state-level metrics: per capita spending on healthcare, healthcare spending priority in budgets, hospital bed capacity, and capacity in terms of doctors, nurses, and total healthcare personnel. We find that, overall,...

Increase in health expenditure has a huge impact on the socioeconomic conditions in any country. Though, there is no consensus as to whether the rising health expenditure is beneficial or detrimental to economic growth. The present study chose India as a case study to empirically examine a...

This paper studies how public policies, including pro-women interventions, can raise female labour force participation and promote economic growth in India. The first part provides a brief review of gender issues in the country. The second part presents a gender-based OLG model, based on Agénor...