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Human Capital and Economic Growth

The Impact of Health, Education and Demographic Change

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Editors:
  1. Alberto Bucci

    1. Department of Economics, Management, and Quantitative Methods (DEMM), University of Milan, Milan, Italy

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  2. Klaus Prettner

    1. Institute of Economics, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany

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  3. Alexia Prskawetz

    1. Institute of Statistics and Mathematical Methods in Economics, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria

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  • Highlights the independent causal effects by which human capital accumulation has the potential to affect economic growth
  • Explains how fertility choices, education investments, and health investments determine the human capital stock
  • Examines human capital decisions and their relations with wage inequality, the environment and recent demographic trends

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About this book

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.


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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  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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Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Economics, Management, and Quantitative Methods (DEMM), University of Milan, Milan, Italy

    Alberto Bucci

  • Institute of Economics, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany

    Klaus Prettner

  • Institute of Statistics and Mathematical Methods in Economics, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria

    Alexia Prskawetz

About the editors

Alberto Bucci is Professor of Advanced Macroeconomics and Growth Theory at the University of Milan, Italy.

Klaus Prettner is Professor of Economics at the University of Hohenheim, Germany.

Alexia Prskawetz is Professor of Mathematical Economics at the Vienna University of Technology, Austria.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Human Capital and Economic Growth

  • Book Subtitle: The Impact of Health, Education and Demographic Change

  • Editors: Alberto Bucci, Klaus Prettner, Alexia Prskawetz

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21599-6

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-21598-9Published: 09 December 2019

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-21601-6Published: 04 January 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-21599-6Published: 26 November 2019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXXII, 361

  • Number of Illustrations: 29 b/w illustrations, 18 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Economic Growth, Population Economics, Health Economics, Public Economics, Education Economics

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