David Canning

Harvard University - T.H. Chan School of Public Health

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1.

Higher Education and Economic Growth in Africa

International Journal of African Higher Education, 2014, 1(1): 22-57
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 20 Dec 2014
David E. Bloom, David Canning, Kevin J Chan and Dara Lee Luca
Harvard University - T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University - T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University and Mathematica Policy Research
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higher education, Africa, economic growth

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The Social Rate of Return on Infrastructure Investments

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
David Canning and Esra Bennathan
Harvard University - T.H. Chan School of Public Health and University of Bristol - Department of Economics
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Aggregate production function, productivity, transport networks, electricity

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Global Demography: Fact, Force and Future

WDA-HSG Discussion Papier No. 2006-1
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 12 Jul 2011
David E. Bloom and David Canning
Harvard University - T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Harvard University - T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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Demographic projections, International Migration, East Asia, Sub-saharan Africa

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A Database of World Infrastructure Stocks, 1950-95

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
David Canning
Harvard University - T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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Infrastructure's Contribution to Aggregate Output

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
David Canning
Harvard University - T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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Health, Longevity, and Optimal Retirement

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)Working Paper Forthcoming, WBS Finance Group Research Paper No. 34
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 28 Sep 2004
David E. Bloom, David Canning and Michael Moore
Harvard University - T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University - T.H. Chan School of Public Health and University of Warwick - Warwick Business School
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Aging, health, retirement, savings

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Health and Economic Growth: Reconciling the Micro and Macro Evidence

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Health and Economic Growth: Reconciling the Micro and Macro Evidence

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11940
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 17 Dec 2018 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
David E. Bloom, David Canning, Rainer Kotschy, Klaus Prettner and Johannes Schünemann
Harvard University - T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University - T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University - T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Vienna University of Economics and Business - Department of Economics and University of Göttingen - Faculty of Economic Sciences
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economic development, human capital, population health, productivity, return on health

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Health and the Economy, 2nd Ed.

INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH: DISEASES, PROGRAMS, SYSTEMS, AND POLICIES, Second Edition, Chapter 13, pp. 601-648, M. Merson, R. Black, and A. Mills, eds., Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 16 Nov 2009 Last Revised: 03 Nov 2011
David E. Bloom, Dean T. Jamison, David Canning and Jennifer Prah Ruger
Harvard University - T.H. Chan School of Public Health, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), Harvard University - T.H. Chan School of Public Health and University of Pennsylvania - School of Social Policy & Practice
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health, health care systems, economy, economics

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Global Demographic Change: Dimensions and Economic Significance

NBER Working Paper No. w10817
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 19 Oct 2004 Last Revised: 24 Jul 2022
David E. Bloom and David Canning
Harvard University - T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Harvard University - T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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A Theory of Retirement

NBER Working Paper No. w13630
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 29 Nov 2007 Last Revised: 30 Sep 2022
David E. Bloom, David Canning and Michael Moore
Harvard University - T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University - T.H. Chan School of Public Health and University of Warwick - Warwick Business School
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Optimal Retirement and Saving with Increasing Longevity

WBS Finance Group Research Paper No. 164
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 10 Jun 2011
Michael Moore, David E. Bloom and David Canning
University of Warwick - Warwick Business School, Harvard University - T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Harvard University - T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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aging, health, retirement, savings

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Fertility, Female Labor Force Participation, and the Demographic Dividend

NBER Working Paper No. w13583
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 05 Nov 2007 Last Revised: 14 Aug 2022
David E. Bloom, David Canning, Guenther Fink and Jocelyn Finlay
Harvard University - T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University - T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Bocconi University and Harvard University - Harvard School of Public Health
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Disease and Development Revisited

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Disease and Development Revisited

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7391
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 18 May 2013 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
David E. Bloom, David Canning and Günther Fink
Harvard University - T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University - T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Harvard University - Department of Population and International Health
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development, economic growth, health

Disease and Development Revisited

NBER Working Paper No. w15137
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 21 Jul 2009 Last Revised: 13 May 2023
David E. Bloom, David Canning and Günther Fink
Harvard University - T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University - T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Harvard University - Department of Population and International Health
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The Effect of Population Health on Foreign Direct Investment

NBER Working Paper No. w10596
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 08 Jul 2004 Last Revised: 16 Dec 2022
Marcella Alsan, David E. Bloom and David Canning
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Harvard University - T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Harvard University - T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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The Effect of Subjective Survival Probabilities on Retirement and Wealth in the United States

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The Effect of Subjective Survival Probabilities on Retirement and Wealth in the United States

WDA-HSG Discussion Paper No. 2007-1, WBS Finance Group Research Paper No. 166
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 12 Jul 2011
David E. Bloom, David Canning, Michael Moore and Younghwan Song
Harvard University - T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University - T.H. Chan School of Public Health, University of Warwick - Warwick Business School and Union College - Department of Economics
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longevity, retirement decisions, wealth accumulation

The Effect of Subjective Survival Probabilities on Retirement and Wealth in the United States

NBER Working Paper No. w12688
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 20 Nov 2006 Last Revised: 03 Sep 2022
David E. Bloom, David Canning, Michael Moore and Younghwan Song
Harvard University - T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University - T.H. Chan School of Public Health, University of Warwick - Warwick Business School and Union College - Department of Economics
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Implications of Population Aging for Economic Growth

NBER Working Paper No. w16705
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 26 Jan 2011 Last Revised: 23 Feb 2023
David E. Bloom, David Canning and Günther Fink
Harvard University - T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University - T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Harvard University - Department of Population and International Health
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The Economics of Fertility Timing: An Euler Equation Approach

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 02 Aug 2014
David Canning, Declan French and Michael Moore
Harvard University - T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Queen's University Management School and University of Warwick - Warwick Business School
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births, female labor supply, optimization

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Does Age Structure Forecast Economic Growth?

NBER Working Paper No. w13221
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 03 Jul 2007 Last Revised: 18 Aug 2022
David E. Bloom, David Canning, Guenther Fink and Jocelyn Finlay
Harvard University - T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University - T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Bocconi University and Harvard University - Harvard School of Public Health
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The Cost of Low Fertility in Europe

NBER Working Paper No. w14820
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 29 Mar 2009 Last Revised: 31 Dec 2022
David E. Bloom, David Canning, Günther Fink and Jocelyn Finlay
Harvard University - T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University - T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University - Department of Population and International Health and Harvard University - Harvard School of Public Health
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The Effect of Improvements in Health and Longevity on Optimal Retirement and Saving

NBER Working Paper No. w10919
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 09 Dec 2004 Last Revised: 03 Nov 2022
David E. Bloom, David Canning and Michael Moore
Harvard University - T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University - T.H. Chan School of Public Health and University of Warwick - Warwick Business School
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Demographic Change, Social Security Systems, and Savings

NBER Working Paper No. w12621
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 27 Oct 2006 Last Revised: 28 Dec 2022
David E. Bloom, David Canning, Rick Mansfield and Michael J. Moore
Harvard University - T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University - T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Yale University and University of Virginia - Darden School of Business
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Chapter 15: Health and the Economy, 3rd Ed.

GLOBAL HEALTH: DISEASES, PROGRAMS, SYSTEMS, AND POLICIES, pp. 757-814, M. Merson, R. Black, and A. Mills, eds., Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2012
Posted: 31 Oct 2011 Last Revised: 02 Oct 2017
Jennifer Prah Ruger, Dean T. Jamison, David E. Bloom and David Canning
University of Pennsylvania - School of Social Policy & Practice, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), Harvard University - T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Harvard University - T.H. Chan School of Public Health

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health, health care systems, economy, economics