Dynamic Analysis of Health Status in a Small Open Economy

Kawagishi, Taketo and Nakamoto, Yasuhiro (2016): Dynamic Analysis of Health Status in a Small Open Economy.

Abstract

Considering that people can invest in their health-related quality of life, we investigate the effects of public policies (the investment subsidy policy and the direct transfer of investment commodities) on the health-related quality of life in the small open economy. Our main findings are that a temporary increase in these public policies conducted by the domestic government does not have positive impacts on the health-related quality of life in the long run; and alternatively, the foreign aid in the form of direct transfer of investment commodities improves their health.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Health-related quality of life; Temporary effects of public policies; Foreign aid
• Subjects: F - International Economics > F4 - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance > F41 - Open Economy Macroeconomics; H - Public Economics > H2 - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue > H21 - Efficiency ; Optimal Taxation; I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I1 - Health > I12 - Health Behavior; I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I1 - Health > I18 - Government Policy ; Regulation ; Public Health

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