EPAR Technical Report #293
Tue, 03/31/2015
Authors: 
Kiran Javaid
Mia Neidhardt
Travis Reynolds
Alison Cullen
C. Leigh Anderson
Jessica Long
Lisa Manhart
Abstract: 

This report reviews the current body of peer-reviewed scholarship exploring the impacts of morbidity on economic growth. This overview seeks to provide a concise introduction to the major theories and empirical evidence linking morbidity – and the myriad different measures of morbidity – to economic growth, which is defined primarily in terms of gross domestic product (GDP) and related metrics (wages, productivity, etc.). Through a systematic review of published manuscripts in the fields of health economics and economic development we further identify the most commonly-used pathways linking morbidity to economic growth. We also highlight the apparent gaps in the empirical literature (i.e., theorized pathways from morbidity to growth that remain relatively untested in the published empirical literature to date).

 

A poster highlighting results of this research was presented at the Evans School Research Symposium in May 2015.

Type of Research: 
Literature Review
Research Topic Category: 
Household Well-Being & Equity
Health
Food Security & Nutrition
Geographic focus: 
Global