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Adult longevity and economic take-off from Malthus to Ben-Porath

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de la Croix, David [UCL]

We propose four arguments favoring the idea that medical effectiveness, adult longevity and height started to increase in Europe before the industrial revolution. This may have prompted households to increase their investment in human skills as a response to longer lives and initiated the transition from stagnation to growth.

Document type Contribution à ouvrage collectif (Book Chapter)
Publication date 2009
Language Anglais
Host document Neri Salvadori ; "Institutional and Social Dynamics of Growth and Distribution"- p. 172-190
Publisher Edward Elgard
Affiliation UCL - EUEN/CORE - Center for operations research and econometrics
Keywords Life Expectancy ; Height ; Industrial Revolution ; Human Capital ; Adult Mortality
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Bibliographic reference de la Croix, David. Adult longevity and economic take-off from Malthus to Ben-Porath. In: Neri Salvadori, Institutional and Social Dynamics of Growth and Distribution, Edward Elgard  2009, p. 172-190
Permanent URL http://hdl.handle.net/2078/23504