Among the most important issues in economics are how to measure the wealth and health of an economy and the factors that contribute to economic growth. The rigorous study of these topics traces its roots back to Simon Kuznets who pioneered the development of national accounts, such as Gross...

The aim of this paper is to describe the full dimensions of a new and rapidly growing research program that uses new data sources on food consumption, anthropometric measures, genealogies, and life-cycle histories to shed light on secular trends in nutritional status, health, mortality, and the...

This paper argues that a model of sequential choice is superior to the standard rational choice model in explaining a process as complex and dynamic as the political realignment of the 1850s. Part 1 sketches the facts and processes that need to be encompassed by a model and identifies key...