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The Health and Wealth of Nations
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Empirical studies show that health improvements provide a significant boost to economic growth in developing countries. This leads to the view that health, like education, is a fundamental component of human capital, and suggests the notion of health-led growth. Better health leads to higher income, but there is also a positive feedback effect, giving rise to a beneficial situation where health and income improvements are mutually reinforcing.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Bloom, D. E., & Canning, D.
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 2000-02-18
- Volume
- 287
- Issue
- 5456
- Pages
- 1207-1209
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
- OpenAlex
- W1642906945
- Cited by
- 848
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 29.89
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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