Geography, Child Healthcare, Child Education, and Economic Development

Osman Suliman, Kenneth Smith () and Charles Geiger ()
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Kenneth Smith: Millersville University of Pennsylvania, Department of Economics, Postal: PO Box 1002 - 1 South George St. , Millersville, PA 17551 USA, http://www.millersville.edu/
Charles Geiger: Millersville University of Pennsylvania, Department of Geography, Postal: PO Box 1002 - 1 South George St. , Millersville, PA 17551 USA, http://www.millersville.edu/

Economia Internazionale / International Economics, 2008, vol. 61, issue 1, 101-123

Abstract: We investigate whether geography (temperature and access to international markets), child healthcare, and education matter in economic development for a panel of 44 poor and non-poor countries using random effects GLS analysis over the period 1980-1997. Temperature and market access are particularly important geographical factors in poor countries. Child healthcare and education are important for development and, interestingly, we find negative interaction between them, indicating a potential substitution effect. The results indicate that climate (temperature) has a positive relationship with development in non-poor countries only, when the technology-promoting variables are included. Temperature has a negative relationship with the development of poor countries.

Keywords: Land-locked; Climate; Child Healthcare; Child Education; GLS (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O10 O30 O40 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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