Human Capital and Economic Growth

<p>Part I Human Capital in the Form of Education,&nbsp;Demographic Change, and Their Economic Implications.- Chapter 1:&nbsp;The Non-linearity in the Relationship Between Human&nbsp;Capital and Growth;&nbsp;Alessandra Pelloni, Thanasis Stengos, and Fabrizio Valenti.- Chapter 2:&nbsp;Optimal Life-Cycle Education Decisions of&nbsp; Atomistic&nbsp;Individuals;Bernhard Skritek, Jesus Crespo Cuaresma, Arkadii V.&nbsp;Kryazhimskii, Klaus Prettner, Alexia Prskawetz,and Elena Rovenskayaa.- Chapter 3:&nbsp;Childlessness and Economic Development: A Survey;&nbsp;Thomas Baudin, David de la Croix, and Paula E. Gobbi.- Chapter 4: Demographic Change, Wage Inequality, and Technology;&nbsp;Demographic Change, Wage Inequality, and Technology;&nbsp;Oscar Afonso, Pedro Mazeda Gil, Pedro Cunha Neves,&nbsp;and Tiago Neves Sequeira.- Chapter 5:&nbsp;The Demographic Metabolism Model of Human&nbsp;Capital Formation;&nbsp;Erich Striessnig.- Part II:&nbsp;Part II Human Capitalin the Form of Health, Its&nbsp;Economic Implications, and the Economic Policies for a&nbsp;Healthier World.- Chapter 6:&nbsp;Health and Income: Theory and Evidence for OECD&nbsp;Countries;&nbsp;Alberto Bucci, Lorenzo Carbonari, and Giovanni Trovato.- Chapter 7:&nbsp;Health Spending, Education and Endogenous&nbsp;Demographics in an OLG Model;&nbsp;Giam Pietro Cipriani and Tamara Fioroni.- Chapter 8:Health and Knowledge Externalities: Implications&nbsp;for Growth and Public Policy;&nbsp;Pierre-Richard Agénor.- Chapter 9:&nbsp;Population and the Environment: The Role of Fertility,&nbsp;Education and Life Expectancy;&nbsp;Fabio Mariani, Agustín Pérez-Barahona,&nbsp;and Natacha Raffin.- Chapter 10:&nbsp;HIV/AIDS,Demography andDevelopment: Individual&nbsp;Choices Versus Public Policies in SSA;&nbsp;Luca Gori, Piero Manfredi, Mauro Sodini.</p>