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dc.titleWealth from Health: Linking Social Investments to Earnings in Latin America
dc.contributor.authorKnaul, Felicia Marie
dc.contributor.authorMurrugarra, Edmundo
dc.contributor.authorHernández Alvarez, Carlos
dc.contributor.authorCortez, Rafael
dc.contributor.authorSavedoff, William D.
dc.contributor.authorEspinosa Ferrando, Jaime
dc.contributor.authorRibero Medina, Rocío
dc.contributor.authorValdivia, Martín
dc.contributor.authorSchultz, T. Paul
dc.contributor.authorNúñez, Jairo
dc.contributor.authorParker, Susan W.
dc.contributor.editorSavedoff, William D.
dc.contributor.editorSchultz, T. Paul
dc.contributor.orgunitDepartment of Research and Chief Economist
dc.coverageColombia
dc.coverageMexico
dc.coverageNicaragua
dc.coveragePeru
dc.coverageSouth America
dc.coverageCentral America
dc.date.available2011-09-21T00:00:00
dc.date.issue2000-01-01T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractCommon sense suggests that healthier people are more productive and wealthier people can obtain things that make them healthier. This book asks whether investments in health also affect productivity and how public policy can influence this relationship. These questions are probed through a series of Latin American case studies, using household survey data on individuals to analyze the relationships between efforts to improve health on the one hand, and the potential impact of health status on individual hourly earnings on the other. By analyzing these relationships together- health determinants and the impact of health on earnings- it becomes possible to assess the effectiveness of particular strategies for improving health status and to see the critical importance of health as a component of "human capital".
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0012343
dc.identifier.isbn9781886938847
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Wealth-from-Health-Linking-Social-Investments-to-Earnings-in-Latin-America.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectHealth Policy
dc.subject.keywordshealth and income relationship, social determinants
dc.typeBooks
idb.identifier.pubnumberBooks
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