, Migration, Ernährung, Gesundheit, Bildung, Kultur …

This lecture argues that mental health is a major factor of production. It is the biggest single influence on life … satisfaction, with mental health eight years earlier a more powerful explanatory factor than current income. Mental health also … affects earnings and educational success. But, most strikingly, it affects employment and physical health. In advanced …

The world has enjoyed huge improvements in population health during the last half century. But major health problems … deal with noncommunicable diseases. Several classic arguments for public spending on health have buttressed governments …’ efforts to improve health. These efforts have now been further spurred by new economic arguments that better population health …