Health and the Economy in the United States from 1750 to the Present
| Autor: | Dora L. Costa |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
| Předmět: |
Economics and Econometrics
Economic growth media_common.quotation_subject Wage Article jel:I1 Political science 0502 economics and business 050207 economics Health policy media_common 050208 finance business.industry 05 social sciences 1. No poverty jel:H51 International health jel:I10 Health indicator Virtuous circle and vicious circle Health equity jel:J13 jel:N32 jel:N31 jel:N30 Health promotion Economy Family planning 8. Economic growth business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Economic Literature. 53:503-570 |
| ISSN: | 0022-0515 |
| DOI: | 10.1257/jel.53.3.503 |
| Popis: | I discuss the health transition in the United States, bringing new data to bear on health indicators and investigating the changing relationship between health, income, and the environment. I argue that scientific advances played an outsize role and that health improvements were largest among the poor. Health improvements were not a precondition for modern economic growth. The gains to health are largest when the economy has moved from “brawn” to “brains” because this is when the wage returns to education are high, leading the healthy to obtain more education. More education may improve use of health knowledge, producing a virtuous cycle. ( JEL H51, I10, J13, N31, N32) |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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