We investigate the evolution of global welfare in two dimensions: income per capita and life expectancy. First, we estimate the marginal distributions of income and life expectancy separately. More importantly, in contrast to previous univariate approaches, we consider income and life expectancy...

Introduction to human capital and economic growth -- The concept of human capital : a brief historical review -- Theoretical models of human capital and economic growth -- Human capital and endogenous models of economic growth -- Threshold effects, multiple equilibria, and nonlinearities in...