• Health and education are investments made in
the same individual.
• Greater health capital may raise the return on
investment in education for several reasons:
Health is an important factor in school attendance.
Healthier children are more successful in
school and learn more efficiently.
Deaths of school-age children also increase
the cost of education per worker.
Longer life spans raise the return to investments
in education.
Healthier individuals are more able to productively
use education at any point in life.
• Greater education capital may raise the return
to investment in health in the following ways:
Many health programs rely on skills learned
in school (including literacy and numeracy).
Schools teach basic personal hygiene and
sanitation.
Education is needed for the formation and
training of health personnel.
Education leads to delayed childbearing,
which improves health.
• Improvements in productive efficiency from
investment in education raise the return on a
lifesaving investment in health.