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Human Capital and Economic Growth

The Impact of Health, Education and Demographic Change

  • Alberto Bucci
  • Klaus Prettner
  • Alexia Prskawetz
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Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-xxxii
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  2. Human Capital in the Form of Education, Demographic Change, and Their Economic Implications

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Non-linearity in the Relationship Between Human Capital and Growth
      Alessandra Pelloni, Thanasis Stengos, Fabrizio Valenti
      Pages 3-26
    3. Optimal Life-Cycle Education Decisions of Atomistic Individuals
      Bernhard Skritek, Jesus Crespo Cuaresma, Arkadii V. Kryazhimskii, Klaus Prettner, Alexia Prskawetz, Elena Rovenskaya
      Pages 27-54
    4. Childlessness and Economic Development: A Survey
      Thomas Baudin, David de la Croix, Paula E. Gobbi
      Pages 55-90
    5. Demographic Change, Wage Inequality, and Technology
      Oscar Afonso, Pedro Mazeda Gil, Pedro Cunha Neves, Tiago Neves Sequeira
      Pages 91-137
    6. The Demographic Metabolism Model of Human Capital Formation
      Erich Striessnig
      Pages 139-165

  3. Human Capital in the Form of Health, Its Economic Implications, and the Economic Policies for a Healthier World

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 167-167
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    2. Health and Income: Theory and Evidence for OECD Countries
      Alberto Bucci, Lorenzo Carbonari, Giovanni Trovato
      Pages 169-207
    3. Health Spending, Education and Endogenous Demographics in an OLG Model
      Giam Pietro Cipriani, Tamara Fioroni
      Pages 209-249
    4. Health and Knowledge Externalities: Implications for Growth and Public Policy
      Pierre-Richard Agénor
      Pages 251-293
    5. Population and the Environment: The Role of Fertility, Education and Life Expectancy
      Fabio Mariani, Agustín Pérez-Barahona, Natacha Raffin
      Pages 295-322
    6. HIV/AIDS, Demography and Development: Individual Choices Versus Public Policies in SSA
      Luca Gori, Piero Manfredi, Mauro Sodini
      Pages 323-356
  4. Back Matter
    Pages 357-361
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About this book

Introduction

This edited collection explores the links between human capital (both in the form of health and in the form of education), demographic change, and economic growth. Using empirical as well as theoretical perspectives, the authors investigate several important issues in the context of human capital, namely population ageing, inequality, public policy, and long-term economic development. Ultimately, they demonstrate that the accumulation of human capital is of crucial importance to long-run economic growth.


Keywords

Health Economics Human Capital Demographic Change Economic Growth Wage inequality Human capital and public policy Public economics Population economics Health investment Education investment Economic policy

Editors and affiliations

  • Alberto Bucci
    • 1
  • Klaus Prettner
    • 2
  • Alexia Prskawetz
    • 3
  1. 1.Department of Economics, Management, and Quantitative Methods (DEMM)University of MilanMilanItaly
  2. 2.Institute of EconomicsUniversity of HohenheimStuttgartGermany
  3. 3.Institute of Statistics and Mathematical Methods in EconomicsVienna University of TechnologyViennaAustria

Bibliographic information

  • DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21599-6
  • Copyright Information The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
  • Publisher Name Palgrave Macmillan, Cham
  • eBook Packages Economics and Finance
  • Print ISBN 978-3-030-21598-9
  • Online ISBN 978-3-030-21599-6
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