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Essays On The Economics Of Health And Human Capital, Paloma Lopez De Mesa Moyano
Essays On The Economics Of Health And Human Capital, Paloma Lopez De Mesa Moyano
Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
This dissertation explores dynamics related to the formation of human capital. In the two chapters contained within, my work investigates how human capital is formed and maintained through either individual decisions or historic events. In particular, the first chapter analyzes the long-term health effects of a large-scale bombing campaign on the population of a developing country up to two generations after the event occurred; the second chapter analyzes how attending a public honors college in the U.S. affects the degree completion of students and their college quality choice. In these two different contexts, I approach the common topic of human …