Komlos, John; Meermann, Lukas - In: Historical Social Research (Section 'Cliometrics') 32 (2007) 1
We trace the introduction and use of anthropometric indicators (height, weight, body mass index) into development and labor economics in the late 1970s. These biological markers are used as a proxy measure for health human capital, the degree of poverty or malnutrition, net nutritional status,...