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Integrating Health Education and Leisure Time into Economic Growth Modeling

Rollo, Sara K.

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2009, Master of Science, University of Akron, Applied Mathematics.
This paper models the economic growth of a developing country. An integrated approach incorporating, capital, technology, and human capital is used. The model is a Hamiltonian problem that maximizes utility by determining the amount of time that should be spent each day in production, investment in human capital, investment in health education, and leisure. Adding leisure time into the model is used to determine if this will allow economic growth of the country. Numerical solutions of the model are found and show that adding leisure increases productivity and technology, but results in a decrease to life expectancy. Stability analysis of the model shows that leisure provides multiple unstable paths for the country, although a trap stable fixed point can still occur.
Gerald Young, PhD (Advisor)
Curtis Clemons, PhD (Advisor)
88 p.

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  • Rollo, S. K. (2009). Integrating Health Education and Leisure Time into Economic Growth Modeling [Master's thesis, University of Akron]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1251060247

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Rollo, Sara. Integrating Health Education and Leisure Time into Economic Growth Modeling. 2009. University of Akron, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1251060247.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Rollo, Sara. "Integrating Health Education and Leisure Time into Economic Growth Modeling." Master's thesis, University of Akron, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1251060247

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)