Health economics and the economics of education: Specialization and division of labor

被引:10
作者
Hunt-McCool, J [1 ]
Bishop, DM [1 ]
机构
[1] Georgetown Univ, Inst Hlth Care Res & Policy, Georgetown Publ Policy Inst, Washington, DC 20007 USA
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10.1016/S0272-7757(97)00045-9
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F [经济];
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02 ;
摘要
This paper addresses the separation of human capital studies into separate fields of education and health. The main difference between the two fields may be the inability to measure the value added of health care expenditures objectively in contrast to earnings valuation of education. As a result, the two fields separate theoretically and methodologically. Areas where approaches from labor/educational studies would benefit health care research are suggested. [JEL I10, I20] (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:237 / 244
页数:8
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