We estimate production functions for cognition and health for children aged 1-12 in India, where over 70 million …, prior child cognition and health, and child investments. We use income and local prices to control for the endogeneity of … investments. We find that cognition is sensitive to investments throughout the age range we consider, while health is mainly …

Background: Determinants of health or health production function in health economics literature constitute noticeable … issues in health promotion. This study aimed at estimating a health production function for East Mediterranean Region (EMR … Hausman test. Results: In estimating the health production function, factors such as income per capita (β=0.054, Pβ=0.072, Pβ …

This paper develops a household production function model for the production of health and education of the children in … well-educated. The household produces health and education by applying a variety of inputs that include market goods like … inculcating health- and education-enhancing habits in children. The model is in the tradition of Becker (1965, 1967), Ben …

The purpose of this study is to estimate a health production function of Bangladesh. It searches how individual health … examining socio-demographic parameters shock upon individual health status. This model is statistically significant. This … investigation provides an important role in that individual data gives an insight on how to get better you overall health status …

In this paper we estimate production functions for cognition and health throughout four stages of childhood from 5 … function include parental background, prior child cognition and health and child investments. We allow investments to be … endogenous and they depend on local prices and household income, as well as on the exogenous determinants of cognition and health …

Michael Grossman’s seminal publication on the demand for health and health production (Grossman 1972) has spawned a … substantial body of research focusing on the production of infant health. This article provides a systematic review of the … published literature to date on infant health production and how it has evolved over the past 3-4 decades as data have become …