Pandemic or climate economics? Weathering the trade-off between health and wealth

Valny Giacomelli Sobrinho, Eva Cudlínová, Roman Buchtele and Nikola Sagapova

Chapter 18 in Handbook on Energy and Economic Growth, 2024, pp 377-423 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: In this chapter, the authors contend that health and environmental damages are tightly linked. What is not that clear yet is which comes first: does health and environmental damage (quality) rise (fall) with income or, conversely, does income rise (fall) prevent (foster) both? In this chapter, the authors show that the trade-off between health and wealth depends strongly on what is happening elsewhere and that the wealthier and healthier is not necessarily the cleaner.

Keywords: Development Studies; Economics and Finance; Environment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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