Are health factors important for regional growth and convergence? An empirical analysis for the Portuguese districts
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- Ana Poças & Elias Soukiazis, 2013. "Are health factors important for regional growth and convergence? An empirical analysis for the Portuguese districts," International Journal of Public Policy, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 9(1/2), pages 44-64.
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Keywords
: Regional growth; health and human capital; panel data.;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I15 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health and Economic Development
- R11 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
- O18 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CSE-2011-09-22 (Economics of Strategic Management)
- NEP-EFF-2011-09-22 (Efficiency and Productivity)
- NEP-GEO-2011-09-22 (Economic Geography)
- NEP-HEA-2011-09-22 (Health Economics)
- NEP-LAB-2011-09-22 (Labour Economics)
- NEP-URE-2011-09-22 (Urban and Real Estate Economics)
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