Working Paper: NBER ID: w10596
Authors: Marcella Alsan; David E. Bloom; David Canning
Abstract: We conduct a panel data analysis of 74 countries over 1980 2000 to investigate whether population health affects foreign direct investment inflows. Our main finding is that health has a positive and significant effect on such inflows for low- and middle-income countries. This finding is consistent with the view that health is an integral component of human capital in developing countries.
Keywords: population health; foreign direct investment; human capital
JEL Codes: I10; F21
Edges that are evidenced by causal inference methods are in orange, and the rest are in light blue.
| Cause | Effect |
|---|---|
| population health (I14) | foreign direct investment inflows (F21) |
| life expectancy at birth (J19) | foreign direct investment inflows (F21) |
| health (I19) | foreign direct investment inflows in developing countries (F21) |
| health (I19) | productivity (O49) |
| health (I19) | educational outcomes (I26) |
| health (I19) | foreign direct investment inflows in high-income countries (F21) |