Education, Health, And Human Capital

A. The brain drain
B. human capital deterioration
C. productivity
D. labor degradation

A. natural resources
B. body of knowledge
C. land
D. quantity of labor

A. Public expenditure per student for higher education is about ten times as high as for primary education
B. The expansion of primary education redistributes benefits from the rich to the poor
C. Economists unanimously agree that LDCs should put greater priority on primary education
D. Boys are sent to schools far more often than girls

A. About 18 percent of the world’s deaths are among children less than five years old
B. More than 98 percent of child deaths were in LDCs
C. World-wide child mortality rates increased from 1990 to 2002
D. 19 of the 20 countries with the highest child mortality were in Africa

A. 17 million, 7 million
B. 7 million, 0.7 million
C. 3 million, 1 million
D. 0.5 million, 5 million

A. due to a lack of education
B. a class system in which the elite are contemptuous of manual work
C. upper-and middle-class westerners
D. The lack of bargaining power y cheap labor

A. The amount of brain drain
B. Marginal utility
C. Marginal Product
D. The substitutability of labor to capital

A. 30 to 40 years, about the same as in 1995
B. 30 to 40 years, a fall of more than 10 years from 1995
C. 50 to 60 years, about the same as in 1995
D. 70 years, an increase from 1995

A. Development generally improves the health system while better health increases productivity social cohesion, and economic welfare
B. Life expectancy is probably the best single indicator of national health levels
C. Life expectancy in Africa increased steadily from 1994 to 2003 due to better health care
D. There are growing inequalities in investment in health worldwide

A. high formal education and training
B. better health and physical condition of the labor force
C. Both a and b are correct
D. None of the above is correct