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The shadow of the neolithic revolution on life expectancy : a double-edged sword
Franck, Raphaël; Galor, Oded; Moav, Omer; Özak, Ömer - 2022
This research explores the persistent effect of the Neolithic Revolution on the evolution of life expectancy in the course of human history. It advances the hypothesis and establishes empirically that the onset of the Neolithic Revolution and the associated rise in infectious diseases triggered...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013171007
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Mexican and Hispanic net nutrition in the 19th century American West
Carson, Scott Alan - 2015
When traditional methods for measuring economic welfare are scarce or unreliable, heights and BMIs are now well accepted measurements that represent biological conditions during economic development. Weight, after controlling for height, is an alternative measure to BMI for current net...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011374201
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Statures, BMIs, and weight : a reassessment
Carson, Scott A. - 2013
decreases, and the two have different implications for human health. An alternative measure for net current biological …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010223384
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The trend of BMI values among US adults
Komlos, John; Brabek, Marek - 2010
Background: The trend in the BMI values of the US population has not been estimated accurately because time series data are unavailable and because the focus has been on calculating period effects. Object: To estimate the trend and rate of change of BMI values by birth cohorts stratified by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003945803
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From the tallest to (one of) the fattest : the enigmatic fate of the American population in the 20th century
Komlos, John; Baur, Marieluise - 2003
considering that this adverse development is related to the greater social inequality, an inferior health-care system, and fewer …- and Northern European welfare states, with cradle to grave health and unemployment insurance currently provide a more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011509441
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Racial differences in body-mass indices for men imprisoned in 19th century US prisons : a multinomial approach
Carson, Scott Alan - 2010
health ; racial disparity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003965104
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Voting up? : the effects of democracy and franchise extension on human stature
Batinti, Alberto; Costa-Font, Joan; Hatton, Timothy J. - 2019
We study the health effects of the spread of democratic institutions and the extension of voting rights in 15 European … and contestation in reducing inequality and expanding health insurance coverage. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012029108
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Growth and welfare under endogenous lifetime
Schneider, Maik T.; Winkler, Ralph - 2017 - This Version: February 2017
We study the role of endogenous healthcare choices by households to extend their expected lifetimes on economic growth and welfare in a decentralized overlapping generations economy with the realistic feature that households' savings are held in annuities. We characterize healthcare spending in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011611936
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Medical innovations and ageing : a health economics perspective
Grossmann, Volker - 2021
surveys empirical evidence on medical R&D incentives, R&D costs of pharmaceuticals, and the cost-effectiveness of health …This paper discusses the relationship between medical innovations and ageing from a health economics perspective and … conceptualization of ageing as an accumulation of health deficits. The paper also discusses the role of medical progress for longevity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012653346
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Private versus social incentives for pharmaceutical innovation
González, Paula; Macho-Stadler, Inés; … - 2015
We provide a theoretical framework to contribute to the current debate regarding the tendency of pharmaceutical companies to direct their R&D toward marketing products that are "follow-on" drugs of already existing drugs, rather than toward the development of breakthrough drugs. We construct a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011406575