Health and economic growth among the states of Brazil from 1991 to 2000

Health status can affect economic growth through at least three mechanisms: 1) directly, through the relationship between health status and individual earnings, 2) indirectly, through the effect of health on levels of education, and 3) through physical capital investments. Poor health status causes...

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Main Authors: Kenya Noronha, Lízia de Figueiredo, Mônica Viegas Andrade
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Estudos Populacionais 2010-12-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Estudos de População
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-30982010000200003&lng=en&tlng=en