Health capital and cross-country variation in income per capita in the Mankiw-Romer-Weil model

Abstract This paper examines the effects of incorporating a proxy for health capital in Mankiw, Romer and Weil's empirical growth model. Results suggest a stronger and more robust relationship between income per capita and health capital, than between income per capita and educational human capital.

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