Gasto público en salud, crecimiento económico y elasticidad de sustitución: resultados para la economía española 1985-2003
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.le.n70a2255Abstract
Este artículo estudia el efecto que el gasto público en salud tiene en el crecimiento económico, mediante la estimación de la elasticidad de sustitución en una función de producción CES para la economía española en el periodo 1985-2003. Los resultados del trabajo demuestran que cuanto mayor sea el esfuerzo de la Administración Pública en proveer una mayor cobertura social en salud, mayor será la elasticidad de sustitución entre los factores de producción, lo que permitirá un mayor crecimiento económico.
Palabras Clave: crecimiento económico, elasticidad de sustitución, función de producción CES, gasto público en salud. Clasificación JEL: I12, O11
Abstract:
This paper analyzes the effect that government expenditure on health has on economic growth by estimating the elasticity of substitution for a CES production function in the Spanish economy during the period 1985-2003. Our results show that the higher the efforts of public administrations in providing greater public health coverage the higher the elasticity of substitution between production factors will be, and consequently this will benefit economic growth.
Keywords: Economic Growth, Elasticity of Substitution, CES Production Function, Public Expenditure on Health. JEL Classification: I12, O11.
Résumé:
Cet article étudie l'effet que les dépenses publiques en santé ont eu sur la croissance économique espagnole dans la période 1985-2003. Pour ce faire, nous faisons une estimation de l'élasticité de substitution d'une fonction de production CES. Les résultats démontrent que plus l'Etat élargie la couverture sociale en santé, plus sera l'élasticité de substitution entre les facteurs de production, ce qui se traduit dans une croissance économique plus élevée.
Mots clé: croissance économique, élasticité de substitution, fonction de production CES, dépenses publiques en santé. Classification JEL : I12, O11
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
This page, by Universidad de Antioquia, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.
Authors who publish with this journal agree to retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication, with the article licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License allowing others to share it as long as they acknowledge its authorship and original publication in this journal.
Authors can enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), provided that these arrangements be not for profit and the journal be acknowledged as the original source of publication.
Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their papers online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their websites), as it can lead to valuable exchanges as well as greater citation of the published work.