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The Impact of Hiv/Aids on Human Capital Investment in Sub-Saharan Africa : New Evidence
Chicoine, Luke - 2020
The risk of AIDS-related mortality increased dramatically throughout the 1990s. This paper updates previous work by … prevalence and schooling steepened as mortality risk increased. The reduction in schooling is largest for women, and along the … Fortson (2011) to examine the impact of mortality risk on human capital investment during the deadliest period of the pandemic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012825005
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The Impact of HIV/AIDS on Human Capital Investment in Sub-Saharan Africa : New Evidence
Chicoine, Luke - 2020
The risk of AIDS-related mortality increased dramatically throughout the 1990s. This paper updates previous work by … prevalence and schooling steepened as mortality risk increased. The reduction in schooling is largest for women, and along the … Fortson (2011) to examine the impact of mortality risk on human capital investment during the deadliest period of the pandemic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012848213
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The Impact of HIV/Aids on Human Capital Investment in Sub-Saharan Africa: New Evidence
Chicoine, Luke; Lyons, Emily; Sahue, Alexia - 2020
The risk of AIDS-related mortality increased dramatically throughout the 1990s. This paper updates previous work by … prevalence and schooling steepened as mortality risk increased. The reduction in schooling is largest for women, and along the … Fortson (2011) to examine the impact of mortality risk on human capital investment during the deadliest period of the pandemic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012270287
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Does Famine Matter For Aggregate Adolescent Human Capital Acquisition In Sub-Saharan Africa?
Agbor, Julius A.; Price, Gregory N. - Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA) - 2012
To the extent that in utero and childhood malnutrition negatively affects later stage mental and physical health, it can possibly constrain later stage human capital acquisition, which is an important driver of economic growth. This paper considers the impact of famine on aggregate adolescent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010598098
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EDUCATION, HEALTH AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN AFRICAN COUNTRIES
EGGOH, JUDE; HOUENINVO, HILAIRE; SOSSOU, GILLES-ARMAND - In: Journal of Economic Development 40 (2015) 1, pp. 93-111
This paper provides new empirical evidence concerning the relationship between human capital (measured by education and health related variables) and economic growth for a large sample of 49 African countries over the period from 1996 to 2010. Using traditional cross-section and dynamic panel...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011263117
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Modern infectious diseases: macroeconomic impacts and policy responses
Bloom, David E.; Kuhn, Michael; Prettner, Klaus - 2020
: HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, influenza, and COVID-19. Although major epidemics and pandemics can take an enormous …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012271478
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Longevity shocks with age-dependent productivity growth
Heijdra, Ben J.; Reijnders, Laurie S. M. - 2015
The aim of this paper is to study the long-run effects of a longevity increase on individual decisions about education and retirement, taking macroeconomic repercussions through endogenous factor prices and the pension system into account. We build a model of a closed economy inhabited by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010528342
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Does investment in education and health impact youth employment outcomes? : evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
Anowor, Oluchukwu F.; Ichoku, Hyacinth E.; Onodugo, … - In: Cogent economics & finance 11 (2023) 1, pp. 1-16
Labour engagement, underutilization and unemployment has dominated discourse in development literature in developing economies. It tangentially dictates the direction of migration, gross domestic output and in some cases, youth restiveness. This study investigated the unique relationship between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014500475
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Spurring Economic Growth through Human Development : Research Results and Guidance for Policymakers
Bloom, David E. - 2020
Education, general health, and reproductive health are key indicators of human development. Investments in these domains can also promote economic growth. This paper argues for the importance of human development related investments based on i) a theoretical economic growth model with poverty...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012840892
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Spurring economic growth through human development : research results and guidance for policymakers
Bloom, David E.; Khoury, Alexander; Kufenko, Vadim; … - 2020
Education, general health, and reproductive health are key indicators of human development. Investments in these domains can also promote economic growth. This paper argues for the importance of human development related investments based on i) a theoretical economic growth model with poverty...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012169741