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Contribution of health to economic development : a survey and overview
Husain, Muhammad Jami - 2010
understanding of both the processes and causal paths that underlie the intricate relationship between health and wealth (income … the traditional and emerging perspectives on the health-income relationship, this literature review presents a non … economic outcomes. -- Health ; income ; economic growth ; life expectancy ; mortality ; causality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003958285
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Contribution of health to economic development : a survey and overview
Husain, Muhammad Jami - 2009
understanding of both the processes and causal paths that underlie the intricate relationship between health and wealth (income … the traditional and emerging perspectives on the health-income relationship, this literature review presents a non … economic outcomes. -- Health ; income ; economic growth ; life expectancy ; mortality ; causality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003875338
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Malthus in the bedroom : birth spacing as a preventive check mechanism in pre-modern England
Cinnirella, Francesco; Klemp, Marc P. B.; Weisdorf, Jacob L. - 2012
England's historical leadership as a low population-pressure, high-wage economy. -- spacing ; birth intervals ; fertility …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009621705
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Statures, BMIs, and weight : a reassessment
Carson, Scott A. - 2013
Much has been written about the modern obesity epidemic, and historical BMIs are low compared to their modern counterparts. However, interpreting BMI variation is difficult because BMIs increase when weight increases or when stature decreases, and the two have different implications for human...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010223384
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Malthus in the Bedroom : Birth Spacing as a Preventive Check Mechanism in Pre-Modern England
Cinnirella, Francesco; Klemp, Marc; Weisdorf, Jacob Louis - 2021
England’s historical leadership as a low population-pressure, high-wage economy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315857
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Escaping from hunger before WW1 : nutrition and living standards in Western Europe and USA in the late nineteenth century
Gazeley, Ian; Holmes, Rose; Newell, Andrew; Reynolds, Kevin - 2017
We estimate calories available to workers' households in the USA, Belgium, Britain, France and Germany in 1890/1. We employ data from the United States Commissioner of Labor survey (see Haines, 1979) of workers in key export industries. We estimate that households in the USA, on average, had...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011732355
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Escaping from Hunger Before WW1 : Nutrition and Living Standards in Western Europe and USA in the Late Nineteenth Century
Gazeley, Ian - 2017
We estimate calories available to workers' households in the USA, Belgium, Britain, France and Germany in 1890/1. We employ data from the United States Commissioner of Labor survey (see Haines, 1979) of workers in key export industries. We estimate that households in the USA, on average, had...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012946589
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Ranking of Districts in North East States of India by the Use of Standard of Living Index Using 2001 and 2011 Census
Khongji, Phrangstone - 2017
Due to limited literature available to highlight the economic level and status for states and districts of North east India, the present study attempt to capture the same by extracting the information on living standards of the people through the eight variables collected during the 2001 and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012949296
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The Implications of an Ageing Population for the UK Economy
Young, Garry - 2005
This paper considers the likely development of aggregate living standards in the United Kingdom over the course of this century and some of the risks to this outlook. It argues that even under relatively cautious assumptions about technological progress and capital accumulation, aggregate living...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014105744
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The great breakthrough and its cause
Simon, Julian Lincoln - 2000
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013491243