Education and health as components of human capital are perfect complements rather than substitutes....... Discuss
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Human capital is the stock of knowledge, habits, social and personality attributes, including creativity, embodied in the ability to perform labor so as to produce economic value.[1] Human capital theory is closely associated with the study of human resources management as found in the practice of business administration and macroeconomics. The original idea of human capital can be traced back at least to Adam Smith in the 18th century. The modern theory was popularized by Gary Becker, an economist and Nobel Laureate from the University of Chicago, Jacob Mincer, and Theodore Schultz. As a result of his conceptualization and modeling work using Human Capital as a key factor, the Nobel Prize for Economics, 2018, was awarded (jointly) to Paul Romer who founded the modern innovation-driven approach to understanding economic growth.
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Education and health as components of human capital and are perfect "complements" rather than "substitutes" as without one the other one remains incomplete. If the health effects human capital then it is education that needs to be strengthened. This is because of the fact that it doesn’t matter what healthcare are made but how are they implemented and understood. This depends on the intellect and illiteracy of the population. One of the benefits of increased education is that it leads to better income which leads people to seek better healthcare.