RT Generic
T1 The contribution of female health to economic development
A1 Bloom,David E.
A1 Kuhny,Michael
A1 Prettner,Klaus
WP 2016/09/15
AB We analyze the economic consequences for less developed countries of investing in female health. We do this through developing and calibrating a novel micro-founded dynamic general equilibrium model in which parents trade off the number of children against investments in their education and in which we allow for health-related gender differences in productivity. We show that better female health speeds up the demographic transition and thereby the take-off toward sustained economic growth. By contrast, male health improvements delay the transition and take-off because ceteris paribus they raise fertility. Investing in female health is therefore a potent lever for promoting development.
K1 Gleichberechtigung
K1 Gender-Medizin
K1 Geschlechterforschung
K1 Wirtschaftsentwicklung
PP Hohenheim
PB Kommunikations-, Informations- und Medienzentrum der Universität Hohenheim
UL http://opus.uni-hohenheim.de/volltexte/2016/1269