Human Capital and Investments in Health

The thesis deals with the influence of the human health as a part of the human capital on the economic growth. The term human capital and health is defined. The chosen economic models which involve them and illustrate their significance in context of the economic growth are presented. The central signification of the private investments in human health as a possible solution and support of the progressive economic growth is demonstrated on the example of current social and economic trend, the elongating lifespan, and the stagnant growth of the natality. The adverse demographic trend is specific not only for the Czech Republic but also for the other countries of the European Union. It begins to rise above like the significant limiting barrier for the further economic growth. Next, the health endowments are analysed as a natural component of the human capital and a prerequisite for an ensuring of the sustainable economic growth. From the above mentioned evolution the necessity of the health endowments is deduced. The quality of the population health becomes one of the preferences not only for the national governments of the European countries but also for the institutions of the European Union. The aim of this thesis is to quantify the influence of the private investments in human health on economic growth using the real data and the linear regression method