Population Health and Economic Growth

Health is a direct source of human welfare and also an instrument for raising income levels. The authors discuss a number of mechanisms through which health can affect income, focusing on worker productivity, children's education, savings and...

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Main Authors: Bloom, David E., Canning, David
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:
HIV
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/599491468151504321/Population-health-and-economic-growth
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28036