EDUCATION, HEALTH AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN AFRICAN COUNTRIES
By Jude C. Eggoh, H. Houeninvo, Gilles-Armand Sossou. 2015
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This paper provides new empirical evidence concerning the relationship between human capital (measured by education and health related variables) and economic growth for a large sample of 49 African countries over the period from 1996 to 2010. Using traditional cross-section and dynamic panel techniques, we find that public expenditures on education and health have a negative impact on economic growth, whereas human capital stock indicators have a slight positive effect. Furthermore, our empirical investigations suggest that education and health spending are complementary. Then, public investment in education and health should be jointly increased and their efficiency in order to expect positive impact of human capital on growth in African countries.
Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, General Health Professions
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In Economics and Econometrics
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In General Health Professions
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- Measuring the impact of renewable energy, public health expenditure, logistics, and environmental performance on sustainable economic growth (2020, background): “Eggoh, Houeninvo, and Sossou (2015); Newhouse (1992) and Hilaire and Gilles (2015) investigated higher health expenditure and poor labor health not only slow down the economic activities but also increase the unemployment rate and create a burden on country economic growth for the long term.”
- Resource rents and inclusive human development in developing countries (2021, background): “Improved human capital not only increases the individual’s skills, but also enhances his productivity, earnings and quality of life (Berker, 1992; Webber, 2002; Eggoh et al., 2015; Ogundari and Awokuse, 2018).”