Paths to Success: The relationship between Health and Education In developing countries

Date of Award

2018

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelors

Department

Social Sciences

Second Department

Natural Sciences

First Advisor

Collins, Tracy

Area of Concentration

Economics and Applied Mathematics

Abstract

This paper seeks to explore the channels linking Education and Health. The existence of a two-way relationship between education and health implies that strong chains where Education has a relatively large impact on Health, and Health in return has a substantial impact on Education gives rise to virtuous or vicious cycles, with good or poor performance on Health or Education reinforcing each other. Using data from 14 countries that were able to successfully move to the virtuous cycle over the sample period (1970-2010), I run a Granger Causality Test to assess the existence of a lead-lag relationship between Education and Health on each cross-section in order to answer the question of the phasing of policy. My findings suggest that the Health-focused route should be given priority when choice is necessary.

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