chapter 8 human capital: education and health in economic development
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Chapter 8
Human Capital: Education and Health in Economic Development
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The Central Roles of Education and Health
Health and education are important objectives of development
Health and education are also important components of growth and development
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Education and Health as Joint Investments for Development
Greater health capital may improve the returns to investments in education
Greater education capital may improve the returns to investments in health
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Improving Health and Education: Why Increasing Incomes Is Not Sufficient
Increases in income often do not lead to substantial increases in investment in children’s education and health
Better educated mothers tend to have healthier children
Significant market failures in education and health require policy action
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Investing in Health and Education: The Human Capital Approach
Initial investments in health or education lead to a stream of higher future income
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Figure 8.1
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Investing in Health and Education: The Human Capital Approach
Initial investments in health or education lead to a stream of higher future income
The present discounted value of this stream of future income is compared to the costs of the investment
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Figure 8.2
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Investing in Health and Education: The Human Capital Approach
Initial investments in health or education lead to a stream of higher future income
The present discounted value of this stream of future income is compared to the costs of the investment
Private returns to education are high, and may be higher than social returns
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Table 8.1
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Child Labor
Child labor is a widespread phenomenon The problem may be modeled using the
“multiple equilibria” approach Government intervention may be called for
to move to a ‘better’ equilibrium
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Figure 8.3
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The Gender Gap: Women and Education
Young females receive less education than young males in nearly every LDC
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Table 8.2
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The Gender Gap: Women and Education
Young females receive less education than young males in nearly every LDC
Closing this educational gender gap is economically desirable
Consequences of gender bias in health and education
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Figure 8.4
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Educational Systems and Development
Educational supply and demand: the relationship between employment opportunities and educational demands
Social versus private benefits and costs
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Figure 8.5
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Educational Systems and Development
Educational supply and demand: the relationship between employment opportunities and educational demands
Social versus private benefits and costs Distribution of education
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Figure 8.6
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Figure 8.7
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Educational Systems and Development
Educational supply and demand: the relationship between employment opportunities and educational demands
Social versus private benefits and costs Distribution of education Education, inequality, and poverty
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Table 8.3
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Educational Systems and Development
Educational supply and demand: the relationship between employment opportunities and educational demands
Social versus private benefits and costs Distribution of education Education, inequality, and poverty Education, internal migration, and the brain
drain
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Health Systems and Development
Measurement and distribution
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Figure 8.8
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Health Systems and Development
Measurement and distribution Disease burden
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Figure 8.9
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Health Systems and Development
Measurement and distribution Disease burden Malaria and parasitic worms HIV and AIDS
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Table 8.4
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Table 8.5
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Health Systems and Development
Measurement and distribution Disease burden Malaria and parasitic worms HIV and AIDS Health and Productivity
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Figure 8.10
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Figure 8.11
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Health Systems and Development
Measurement and distribution Disease burden Malaria and parasitic worms HIV and AIDS Health and Productivity Health systems policy
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Figure 8.12
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Policies for Health, Education, and Income Generation
Integrated programs for the promotion of health, education, and nutrition status in poor families
Links between health and education programs and microcredit programs
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Concepts for Review
AIDS Basic education Brain drain Derived demand Educational
certification Educational gender
gap
Enrollment ratios, gross and net
Human capital Human
immunodeficiency virus
Literacy
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Concepts for Review (cont’d)
Private benefits of education
Private costs of education
Social benefits of education
Social costs of education
World Health Organization