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Chapter 9 Slide 2 Copyright © 2003 Pearson Education, Inc. Human Capital: Education and Health in Economic Development Chapter 9

Chapter 9 Slide 3 Copyright © 2003 Pearson Education, Inc. The Central Roles of Education and Health n Health and education are important objectives of development n Health and education are also important components of growth and development

Chapter 9 Slide 4 Copyright © 2003 Pearson Education, Inc. Education and Health as Joint Investments for Development n Greater health capital may improve the returns to investments in education n Greater education capital may improve the returns to investments in health

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Chapter 9 Slide 6 Copyright © 2003 Pearson Education, Inc. International Trends and Convergence in Health and Education n Enrollment rates have improved worldwide n teacher-pupil ratios have increased in many regions n Average years of schooling has increased in all regions n Infant mortality is down; life expectancy is up in all regions

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Chapter 9 Slide 9 Copyright © 2003 Pearson Education, Inc. Improving Health and Education: Why Increasing Incomes Is Not Sufficient n Increases in income often do not lead to substantial increases in investment in children’s education and health n Better educated mothers tend to have healthier children n Significant market failures in education and health require policy action

Chapter 9 Slide 10 Copyright © 2003 Pearson Education, Inc. Investing in Health and Education: The Human Capital Approach n Initial investments in health or education lead to a stream of higher future income

Chapter 9 Slide 11 Copyright © 2003 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 9.1 Age-Earnings Profiles by Level of Education -Venezuela, 1989

Chapter 9 Slide 12 Copyright © 2003 Pearson Education, Inc. Investing in Health and Education: The Human Capital Approach n Initial investments in health or education lead to a stream of higher future income n The present discounted value of this stream of future income is compared to the costs of the investment

Chapter 9 Slide 13 Copyright © 2003 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 9.2 The Financial Tradeoffs in the Decision to Continue in School

Chapter 9 Slide 14 Copyright © 2003 Pearson Education, Inc. Investing in Health and Education: The Human Capital Approach n Initial investments in health or education lead to a stream of higher future income n The present discounted value of this stream of future income is compared to the costs of the investment n Private returns to education are high, and may be higher than social returns

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Chapter 9 Slide 16 Copyright © 2003 Pearson Education, Inc. Child Labor n Child labor is a widespread phenomenon n the problem may be modeled using the ‘multiple equilibria’ approach n Government intervention may be called for to move to a ‘better’ equilibrium

Chapter 9 Slide 17 Copyright © 2003 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 9.3 Child Labor as a Bad Equilibrium

Chapter 9 Slide 18 Copyright © 2003 Pearson Education, Inc. The Gender Gap: Women and Education n Young females receive less education than young males in nearly every LDC

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Chapter 9 Slide 20 Copyright © 2003 Pearson Education, Inc. The Gender Gap: Women and Education n Young females receive less education than young males in nearly every LDC n Closing this educational gender gap is economically desirable n Consequences of gender bias in health and education

Chapter 9 Slide 21 Copyright © 2003 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 9.4 Female-Male Ratios in Total Population in Selected Communities

Chapter 9 Slide 22 Copyright © 2003 Pearson Education, Inc. Educational Systems and Development n Educational supply and demand: the relationship between employment opportunities and educational demands n Social versus private benefits and costs

Chapter 9 Slide 23 Copyright © 2003 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 9.5 Private versus Social Benefits and Costs of Education: An Illustration

Chapter 9 Slide 24 Copyright © 2003 Pearson Education, Inc. Educational Systems and Development n Educational supply and demand: the relationship between employment opportunities and educational demands n Social versus private benefits and costs n Distribution of education

Chapter 9 Slide 25 Copyright © 2003 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 9.6 Education Lorenz Curves for India and Korea, 1990

Chapter 9 Slide 26 Copyright © 2003 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 9.7 Education Gini Coefficients for 85 Countries,1990

Chapter 9 Slide 27 Copyright © 2003 Pearson Education, Inc. Educational Systems and Development n Educational supply and demand: the relationship between employment opportunities and educational demands n Social versus private benefits and costs n Distribution of education n Education, inequality, and poverty

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Chapter 9 Slide 29 Copyright © 2003 Pearson Education, Inc. Educational Systems and Development n Educational supply and demand: the relationship between employment opportunities and educational demands n Social versus private benefits and costs n Distribution of education n Education, inequality, and poverty n Education, internal migration, and the brain drain

Chapter 9 Slide 30 Copyright © 2003 Pearson Education, Inc. Health Systems and Development n Measurement and distribution

Chapter 9 Slide 31 Copyright © 2003 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 9.8 Mortality of Children Two Years Old and Younger by Wealth, Brazil,1996

Chapter 9 Slide 32 Copyright © 2003 Pearson Education, Inc. Health Systems and Development n Measurement and distribution n Disease burden

Chapter 9 Slide 33 Copyright © 2003 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 9.9 Infant and Adult Mortality in Poor and Nonpoor Neighborhoods of Porto Alegre, Brazil, 1980

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Chapter 9 Slide 35 Copyright © 2003 Pearson Education, Inc. Health Systems and Development n Measurement and distribution n Disease burden n Malaria and parasitic worms n HIV and AIDS

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Chapter 9 Slide 38 Copyright © 2003 Pearson Education, Inc. Health Systems and Development n Measurement and distribution n Disease burden n Malaria and parasitic worms n HIV and AIDS n Health and Productivity

Chapter 9 Slide 39 Copyright © 2003 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 9.10 Adult Stature by Birth Cohort

Chapter 9 Slide 40 Copyright © 2003 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 9.11 Wages, Education, and Height of Males in Brazil and the United States

Chapter 9 Slide 41 Copyright © 2003 Pearson Education, Inc. Health Systems and Development n Measurement and distribution n Disease burden n Malaria and parasitic worms n HIV and AIDS n Health and Productivity n Health systems policy

Chapter 9 Slide 42 Copyright © 2003 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 9.12 GNP per Capita (U.S.Dollars) and Life Expectancy at Birth, 1994

Chapter 9 Slide 43 Copyright © 2003 Pearson Education, Inc. Policies for Health, Education, and Income Generation n Integrated programs for the promotion of health, education, and nutrition status in poor families n links between health and education programs and microcredit programs

Chapter 9 Slide 44 Copyright © 2003 Pearson Education, Inc. Concepts for Review n AIDS n Basic education n Brain drain n Derived demand n Educational certification n Educational gender gap n Enrollment ratios, gross and net n Human capital n Human immunodeficiency virus n Literacy

Chapter 9 Slide 45 Copyright © 2003 Pearson Education, Inc. Concepts for Review, cont’d n Private benefits of education n Private costs of education n Social benefits of education n Social costs of education n World Health Organization