The nexus between health and economic growth is a dynamic and complex relationship.
This article reviews the empirical evidence that has sought to assess the causal impact of
health on growth, understood as growth in GDP per capita, and focusing on cross-country
and selected single country studies. The review largely provides evidence in favour of a
positive effect of population health on economic growth. However, the multitude of the
factors at play and the possible bidirectional relationship between health and growth pose a …