DISEASE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: The Impact of Parasitic Diseases in St. Lucia
Thomas W. Helminiak
(Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin)
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Abstract
This study sought to measure the impacts of five parasitic diseases on (1) mortality and natality, (2) school attendance and academic performance of children, (3) labor productivity on a rural plantation, and in an urban light‐manufacturing plant — all in St. Lucia, West Indies.
Citation
Weisbrod, B.A., Andreano, R.L., Baldwin, R.E., Epstein, E.H., Kelley, A.C. and Helminiak, T.W. (1974), "DISEASE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: The Impact of Parasitic Diseases in St. Lucia", International Journal of Social Economics, Vol. 1 No. 1, pp. 111-117. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb013761
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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