We propose a dynamic production function of population health and mortality from birth onwards. Our parsimonious model … provides an excellent fit for the mortality and survival curves for both primate and human populations since 1816. The model … mortality gradients across socio-economic statuses, (ii) non-monotonic dynamic effects of in-utero shocks, (iii) persistent or …

improve: the quality, and not just the quantity, of education and health care; outcomes for disadvantaged groups; and lifelong …

; less on education, health, environment) that are associated with communitarian (rather than universalist) moral …

variation across states. Education losses from the pandemic are likely to be large and worsen pre-existing disparities; unless …-country comparisons, this paper reviews key social programs as well as priorities in education and health. It finds that higher spending …