The Benefits Of Health Human Capital On Economic Growth In Beijing,Tianjin And Hebei

Since the 1960's,the economists including Schultz,Lucas and Romer,have studied economic growth from the perspective of human capital,extending capital from material capital to human capital,widening the boundaries of academic,and drawing the attention of others.After the war,Japan,Germany's economic development also proves that human capital can lead the country to flourish and prosperity.Human capital has become one of the important strengths of economic growth.Nearly all of domestic and foreign scholars have proved that health human capital has a positive effect on economic growth and the health of human capital investment in construction is of great significance.As China's comprehensive national strength has increased,the social security system of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region has improved,and the inhabitants of the area are healthier.The regional development of the industry,the factors of production quality improvement and construction of public service have also made great achievements.Therefore,analysis of the regional health human capital contribution to economic growth is significant.Combining with the actual circumstances of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region economic growth,the study from the perspective of health human capital helps to enhance the level of regional health human capital,increase the regional economic competitiveness,and promote the coordinated development of the integration in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region.This paper firstly combs the human capital and economic growth from the domestic and foreign literature,defines the concept of healthy human capital,and studies various indicators to measure it.Then,this paper summarizes the economic growth and health human capital in Beijing,Tianjin and Hebei,analyzes the shortcomings of regional health care,evaluates the regional human capital level,and outlines the development of regional healthy human capital from 2000 to 2015.On the basis of literature research,this paper analyzes the transmission mechanism and the promotion effect of healthy human capital on economic growth,and constructs the theoretical framework for the impact of healthy human capital on economic growth.In the form of Cobb-Douglas production function,this paper uses the government medical investment and the residents' health consumption to form a composite index of health human capital,chooses the real data of regional economic growth from 1994 to 2015,and gets the conclusion: Healthy human capital has a positive effect to promote economic in Beijing,Tianjin and Hebei region,and the elasticity of economic growth is interrelated with the path of economic development.Finally,on the basis of the empirical research,this paper aims to promote coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and put forward relevant policy suggestions: Government should strengthen regional health investment and enhance the level of residents' health;they should increase the prevention and control of major diseases in the area and cut the economic losses;they should coordinate the development of healthy human capital in the region and form a good circulation from health human capital to economic growth.