Health and Growth: Causality through Education
| dc.creator | Huang, Rui | |
| dc.creator | Fulginiti, Lilyan E. | |
| dc.creator | Peterson, E. Wesley F. | |
| dc.date | 2017-04-01T17:42:50Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-09T04:50:19Z | |
| dc.description | A three-period overlapping-generations model is developed to investigate the impact on human capital investment decisions and income growth of lowered life expectancy as a result of diseases such as HIV/AIDS. We show that an increased probability of premature death leads to less investment in human capital, and consequently slower growth. We also empirically investigate the effect of HIV/AIDS on life expectancy in Sub-Saharan Africa and the role of health in the level of educational investments and growth for a broader set of countries. The empirical results show that HIV/AIDS has resulted in a substantial decline in life expectancy in African countries and falling life expectancies are indeed associated with lower educational attainment and slower economic growth world wide. | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.22004/ag.econ.51735 | |
| dc.identifier | https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/51735/files/IAAE_submission_2009_final3.pdf | |
| dc.identifier | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/51735 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/555570 | |
| dc.language | eng | |
| dc.publisher | ||
| dc.source | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/51735 | |
| dc.title | Health and Growth: Causality through Education | |
| dc.type | Text |