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Chronic disease burden and human capital investment: evidence from the chagas disease campaign in Brazil

Oliveira, Priscila Natacha de
2016-05-16

We investigate the effects of augmented life expectancy and health improvements on human capital investment, labor supply and fertility decisions. Our main motivation is the prediction of human capital theory that a longer ...