Growth Economics of Epidemics: A Review of the Theory

Raouf Boucekkine (), Bity Diene and Theophile Azomahou

Mathematical Population Studies, 2008, vol. 15, issue 1, 1-26

Abstract: This survey of economic growth theory applied to epidemiology highlights that Blanchard-Yaari structures involving a Lucas human capital accumulation are appropriate to study an AIDS-like crisis. Physical capital accumulation, schooling, health expenditures and supply effects are put together within a Blanchard two-sector economy to capture life-cycle effects of AIDS-like epidemics.

Keywords: AIDS; epidemics; growth theory; health; human capital; life expectancy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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