Marcella Alsan|David E. Bloom|David Canning
The effect of population health on foreign direct investment inflows to low- and middle-income countries
Harvard University|Harvard University|Harvard University
paper investigates effect population health gross inflows foreign direct investment fdi conduct panel data analysis 74 industrialized developing countries 19802000 main finding gross inflows fdi strongly positively influenced population health low middleincome countries estimates suggest raising life expectancy one year increases gross fdi inflows 9 controlling relevant variables findings consistent view health integral component human capital developing countries