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Abstract: This article focuses on the causal effect of early-life health on economic growth for the Spanish regions over the period 1980–2007. The hypothesis follows from recent literature, in which mortality affects growth by diminishing incentives for behaviour with short-run costs and long-run pay-offs. We provide empirical evidence that higher infant mortality has a direct negative impact on per capita income growth. Also, that a greater risk of early-life death is associated with losses on accumulation of both physical and human capital, and fertility gains, which in turn more even reduces growth.
Authorship: Blázquez-Fernández C., Cantarero-Prieto D., Perez-Gonzalez P., Llorca-Díaz J.,
Fuente: Applied Economics Letters, 2015, 22(11), 860?864
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Year of publication: 2015
No. of pages: 6
Publication type: Article
DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2014.982851
ISSN: 1350-4851,1466-4291
Publication Url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2014.982851
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CARLA BLAZQUEZ FERNANDEZ
DAVID CANTARERO PRIETO
PATRICIO PEREZ GONZALEZ
FRANCISCO JAVIER LLORCA DIAZ
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