Archive for July, 2007

Fridays Academy: Health, Poverty Reduction and Economic Growth (III)

July 7, 2007

Evidence from cross-country growth regressions suggests that improvements in health make a large contribution to economic growth, and the initial health of a population has been identified as one of the most robust factors contributing to economic growth as economies adjust over time to their steady-state output level when growth then begins to slow.  Bloom, [...]