banking crises) and per capita public expenditure on health. I compile information from 97 developed and developing economies … between 1980 and 2012 and use unbalanced panel data. The analysis shows that health expenditure per capita is significantly … from the health sector in a fast-deteriorating fiscal situation. In addition, the study results are robust to placebo tests …

The distribution of health inequalities appears to exhibit a different pattern when samples of developing countries are … examined. One explanation is the existence of a health Kuznets ́curve. This paper sets out as an exploratory analysis to test … the latter hypothesis of an inverse U shape pattern between both economic and health development and income inequalities …

Culture is an under-studied determinant of health production and seldom measured. This paper empirically examines the … persistence and association of health capital assessments of first and second-generation migrants with that of their ancestral … persistence of health assessments. Culture persists, rather than fades, and further, appears to strengthen over generations. We …

High food prices can be an immediate threat to household food security, undermining population health, retarding human … population health measured by infant mortality rate, child mortality rate, and the prevalence of undernourishment. We find that … rising food prices have a significant and adverse effect on all three health indicators in developing countries. Furthermore …

The last two decades of the twentieth century recorded a slowdown in health gains and widespread increases in health …. To do so, it regresses IMR/LEB on 15 determinants of health. The results underscore the negative health effects of the … trends observed between 1980-2000, such as rising inequality, greater income volatility, declining health expenditure …

This paper examines the link between health indicators, environmental variables, and economic development, and the … could be cancelled or mitigated by environmental degradation through health (and other channels), and create a vicious … poor countries to reach developed ones economically. -- environmental quality ; health indicator ; income growth ; economic …

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 …