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

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.

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Year of publication:	2008-08-01
Authors:	de la CROIX, David
Institutions:	Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), École des Sciences Économiques de Louvain
Subject:	life expectancy \| height \| industrial revolution \| human capital \| adult mortality

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	CORE Discussion Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	The text is part of a series UNIVERSITE CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) Number 2008048
Classification:	J11 - Demographic Trends and Forecasts ; I12 - Health Production: Nutrition, Mortality, Morbidity, Substance Abuse and Addiction, Disability, and Economic Behavior ; N30 - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Income and Wealth. General, International, or Comparative ; I20 - Education. General ; J24 - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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