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Rapid global economic growth, centred in Asia but now spread across the world, is driving rapid greenhouse-gas emissions growth, making earlier projections unrealistic. This paper develops new, illustrative business-as-usual projections for carbon dioxide (CO) from fossil fuels and other sources...
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different variables, like life expectancy, infant mortality and the share of the elderly. In the extended models, a …
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This paper offers an integrated view of the relationships between health spending, medical innovation, health status, growth and welfare. Health spending triggers technological progress, which is a potential source of better outcomes in terms of longevity and quality of life, a direct source of...
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mortality and explain the conditions under which it will lead to over-investment in healthcare. Moreover, we specify the general …
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infant mortality while there is no causality between real GDP and infant mortality; a unidirectional causal relationship … running from health expenditure and real GDP to life expectancy and maternal mortality; and a unidirectional causal … should be sought to combat the high incidence of maternal and infant mortality in the health sector in Nigeria …
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We develop a perpetual youth model to investigate how longevity affects economic growth and welfare. Life expectancy is determined by individuals' investments in healthcare. We find that improvements in the healthcare technology always increase the steady state growth rate. Although the effect...
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