Over the past 20 years, investment in human resources has taken center stage in the study
of developing economies. A voluminous set of wage function estimates provides the basis …

This chapter provides an overview of the literature linking health, health insurance and labor
market outcomes such as wages, earnings, employment, hours, occupational choice, job …

The impact of air pollution or socio-economic status on public health is a lively topic for
social economists and environmental researchers across the world. Despite a lot of …

Stunting affects 160 million pre‐school children globally with adverse life‐long
consequences. While work within nutritional science suggests that stunting in early …

Have gaps in health outcomes between the poor and better off grown? Are they larger in
one country than another? Are health sector subsidies more equally distributed in some …

If household income is pooled and then allocated to maximize welfare then income under
the control of mothers and fathers should have the same impact on demand. With survey …

An analysis of endemic deprivation in India and of the role of public action in addressing that
problem. The analysis is based on a broad view of economic development, focusing on …

The connections between economic growth (EG) and human development (HD) form two
chains. Crosscountry regressions show a significant relationship in both directions, with …

NUMEROUS GENERATIONS of economists and other social scientists have studied the
conceptual foundations and measurement of living standards. Attempts to define and …

Publisher Summary This chapter reviews recent advances in the empirical literature on the
role that households and families play in investing in human resources. It describes the …