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CHRISTOPHER DYE. Is wealth good for your health?. CHRISTOPHER DYE. Is wealth good for your health?. CHRISTOPHER DYE. Is wealth good for your health?. CHRISTOPHER DYE. Is wealth good for your health?. CHRISTOPHER DYE. Is wealth good for your health?. CHRISTOPHER DYE. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Is wealth good for your health?
Technology
Environment
Employment
Education
Revolutions in England since 1500: industrial, health, economic
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Japan
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FranceItaly
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Argentina
South Africa
Equatorial Guinea
Mexico
Russia
Brazil
Botswana
Namibia
Gabon
China
India
Indonesia
Pakistan
Bangladesh
Nigeria
The Millennium Preston Curve
Source: Deaton, 2006
"The grievous truth is that… the bottom billion will not—and cannot—be freed from poverty in
our lifetimes."
"Wealthier is healthier"Pritchett & Summers 1993
58 countries with GDP/capita <$6000, 1960-85
5% increase in income
1% reduction in infant mortality
Africa: +1.5% growth in 1980s saves 0.5m lives in 1990
Public spending on health $$ x 1000 = U5M/10
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REDUCES ABSENTEEISM BY ONE QUARTER IN KENYA
One third economic growth from
"demographic gift"
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Sub-Saharan Africa
"Demographic dividends" and "economic miracles"From health to wealth?
educationeconomicsgovernance
public healthfamily planning
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Africa awaits the economic miracle
1990 2008 2015
Ireland, the Celtic tiger
…growing workforce
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Asia
Falling fertility...
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And the Irish get wealthier...
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"To your health"More than a toast to economists
D Malakoff (Science 2000)
Price tag on productivity in USA, 1970-90
A year of life gained for 35-44 year-olds worth:
Men $170,000
Women $120,000
USA: wealthier but not healthierGDP #7 Life expectancy #42
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Health in a sweeter world
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serial surveys OECD, 1980-2002
One million “excess” deathsin developing world since 1980 due to
contractions in economies
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One million “excess” deathsin developing world since 1980 due to
contractions in economies
Children die when GDP falls
Relative risks higher for vulnerable children born:
To low-education mothers +68%
Young/old mothers +23%
In rural areas +72%
If boys +11%
Wealth is mostly good for health, but…
Microeconomics• Money buys health, and 1o health is cheap• Money buys health directly (medicines) and indirectly
(education for prevention and cure)• Health underpins prosperity -- individual, family, businessMacroeconomics• Health is linked to wealth across countries and
generations…• The cause? Social? Cultural? Educational?
Technological? All? A minimum set? Buying health• Microeconomic argument often enough?