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Health progress and economic growth in the USA: the continuous wavelet analysis

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  • Wen-Yi Chen

    (National Taichung University of Science and Technology)

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This study employs the continuous wavelet analysis to investigate the dynamic relationship between health progress and economic growth over the period of 1934–2010 in the USA. Our findings reconcile the counter-cyclicality of longevity in the short run with the pro-cyclicality of longevity in the long run with respect to the business cycle. Additionally, four causal relationships between health progress and economic growth: the income view, health view, feedback view, and neutrality hypotheses are identified. Our results show that the income view, health view, and feedback hypotheses could only be validated for some specific time periods and conditions. None of these four hypotheses regarding causality of health progress and economic growth prevail over the entire period of 1934–2010 in the USA.

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  • Wen-Yi Chen, 2016. "Health progress and economic growth in the USA: the continuous wavelet analysis," Empirical Economics, Springer, vol. 50(3), pages 831-855, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:empeco:v:50:y:2016:i:3:d:10.1007_s00181-015-0955-6
    DOI: 10.1007/s00181-015-0955-6
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    Brenner hypothesis; Health progress; Economic growth; Business cycle; Continuous wavelet analysis;
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    JEL classification:

    • C4 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods: Special Topics
    • E3 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles
    • I1 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health
    • J1 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics
    • N3 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy
    • O1 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development

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