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Working Papers

2011

  1. An Overview of The Changing Body: Health, Nutrition, and Human Development in the Western World Since 1700
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (161)
  2. Was What Ail'd Ya' What Kill'd Ya'?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads
    See also Journal Article Was what ail’d ya what kill’d ya?, Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier (2013) Downloads (2013)

2010

  1. Diet, Health and Work Intensity in England and Wales, 1700-1914
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads
  2. Further Comments on The Impact of the Asian Miracle on the Theory of Economic Growth
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads

2009

  1. The Impact of the Asian Miracle on the Theory of Economic Growth
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (6)
    See also Chapter The Impact of the Asian Miracle on the Theory of Economic Growth, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2008) Downloads View citations (1) (2008)

2008

  1. Forecasting the Cost of U.S. Health Care in 2040
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Forecasting the cost of U.S. Health Care in 2040, Journal of Policy Modeling, Elsevier (2009) Downloads View citations (10) (2009)

2007

  1. Capitalism and Democracy in 2040: Forecasts and Speculations
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (15)

2006

  1. Why China is Likely to Achieve its Growth Objectives
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (18)

2005

  1. Changes in the Physiology of Aging during the Twentieth Century
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (7)
  2. RECONSIDERING EXPECTATIONS OF ECONOMIC GROWTH AFTER
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (5)

2004

  1. Changes in the Disparities in Chronic Disease during the Course of the Twentieth Century
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (10)
  2. High Performing Asian Economies
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (6)
  3. Interview with Nobel Prize Laureate Robert W. Fogel
    Nobel Prize in Economics documents, Nobel Prize Committee Downloads

2003

  1. Changes in the Process of Aging During the Twentieth Century: Findings and Procedures of the Early Indicators Project
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (7)
  2. Secular Trends in Physiological Capital: Implications for Equity in Health Care
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (7)
  3. Who Gets Health Care?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (10)

2000

  1. Simon S. Kuznets: April 30, 1901-July 9, 1985
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (1)

1997

  1. The Global Struggle to Escape from Chronic Malnutrition since 1700
    CPE working papers, University of Chicago - Centre for Population Economics View citations (3)
  2. Using Secular Health Trends to Forecast the Scope of the Retirement and Health Problems in 2040 and Beyond
    CPE working papers, University of Chicago - Centre for Population Economics

1994

  1. Autobiography
    Nobel Prize in Economics documents, Nobel Prize Committee Downloads
  2. Economic Growth, Population Theory, and Physiology: The Bearing of Long-Term Processes on the Making of Economic Policy
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (566)
    Also in Nobel Prize in Economics documents, Nobel Prize Committee (1993) Downloads View citations (9)

    See also Journal Article Economic Growth, Population Theory, and Physiology: The Bearing of Long-Term Processes on the Making of Economic Policy, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (1994) Downloads View citations (610) (1994)
  3. The Relevance of Malthus for the Study of Mortality Today: Long-Run Influences on Health, Mortality, Labor Force Participation, and Population Growth
    NBER Historical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (22)

1993

  1. New Sources and New Techniques for the Study of Secular Trends in Nutritional Status, Health, Mortality, and the Process of Aging
    NBER Historical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (70)
  2. Problems in Modeling Complex Dynamic interactions: The Political Realignment of the 1850s
    NBER Historical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads
    See also Journal Article PROBLEMS IN MODELING COMPLEX DYNAMIC INTERACTIONS: THE POLITICAL REALIGNMENT OF THE 1850s, Economics and Politics, Wiley Blackwell (1992) Downloads View citations (1) (1992)

1992

  1. Early Indicators of Later Work Levels, Disease, and Death
    CPE working papers, University of Chicago - Centre for Population Economics View citations (5)
    Also in NBER Historical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1992) Downloads View citations (23)
  2. Toward a New Synthesis on the Role of Economic Issues in the Political Realignment of the 1850s
    NBER Historical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads

1990

  1. The Conquest of High Mortality and Hunger in Europe and America: Timing and Mechanisms
    NBER Historical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (19)

1989

  1. Second Thoughts on the European Escape from Hunger: Famines, Price Elasticities, Entitlements, Chronic Malnutrition, and Mortality Rates
    NBER Historical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (17)

1987

  1. Some Notes on the Scientific Methods of Simon Kuznets
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (4)

1986

  1. Nutrition and the Decline in Mortality Since 1700: Some Additional Preliminary Findings
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (29)

1984

  1. Nutrition and the Decline in Mortality Since 1700: Some Preliminary Findings
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (31)
    See also Chapter Nutrition and the Decline in Mortality since 1700: Some Preliminary Findings, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1986) Downloads View citations (91) (1986)

1982

  1. Changes in American and British Stature Since the Mid-Eighteenth Century: A Prelimanary Report on the Usefulness of Data on Height
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (7)

Journal Articles

2013

  1. Was what ail’d ya what kill’d ya?
    Economics & Human Biology, 2013, 11, (3), 269-280 Downloads
    See also Working Paper Was What Ail'd Ya' What Kill'd Ya'?, NBER Working Papers (2011) Downloads (2011)

2011

  1. Major Findings from The Changing Body: Health, Nutrition, and Human Development in the Western World since 1700
    The Journal of Economic Asymmetries, 2011, 8, (2), 1-9 Downloads View citations (78)

2009

  1. Forecasting the cost of U.S. Health Care in 2040
    Journal of Policy Modeling, 2009, 31, (4), 482-488 Downloads View citations (10)
    See also Working Paper Forecasting the Cost of U.S. Health Care in 2040, NBER Working Papers (2008) Downloads View citations (2) (2008)

2005

  1. Reconsidering Expectations of Economic Growth After World War II from the Perspective of 2004
    IMF Staff Papers, 2005, 52, (si), 2 Downloads View citations (5)

2004

  1. Health, Nutrition, and Economic Growth
    Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2004, 52, (3), 643-58 Downloads View citations (46)
  2. Technophysio evolution and the measurement of economic growth
    Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 2004, 14, (2), 217-221 Downloads View citations (1)

2003

  1. FORECASTING THE DEMAND FOR HEALTH CARE IN OECD NATIONS AND CHINA
    Contemporary Economic Policy, 2003, 21, (1), 1-10 Downloads View citations (6)

1999

  1. Catching Up with the Economy
    American Economic Review, 1999, 89, (1), 1-21 Downloads View citations (62)

1997

  1. A theory of technophysio evolution, with some implications for forecasting population, health care costs, and pension costs
    Demography, 1997, 34, (1), 49-66 Downloads View citations (120)
  2. Erratum to: A theory of technophysio, with come implications for forecasting population, health care costs, and pension costs
    Demography, 1997, 34, (2), n1-n1 Downloads View citations (9)

1994

  1. Economic Growth, Population Theory, and Physiology: The Bearing of Long-Term Processes on the Making of Economic Policy
    American Economic Review, 1994, 84, (3), 369-95 Downloads View citations (610)
    See also Working Paper Economic Growth, Population Theory, and Physiology: The Bearing of Long-Term Processes on the Making of Economic Policy, NBER Working Papers (1994) Downloads View citations (566) (1994)
  2. El crecimiento económico, la teoría de la población y la fisiología: La influencia de los procesos a largo plazo en la elaboración de la política económica*
    Revista de Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 1994, 12, (3), 719-762 Downloads View citations (1)

1992

  1. PROBLEMS IN MODELING COMPLEX DYNAMIC INTERACTIONS: THE POLITICAL REALIGNMENT OF THE 1850s
    Economics and Politics, 1992, 4, (3), 215-254 Downloads View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper Problems in Modeling Complex Dynamic interactions: The Political Realignment of the 1850s, NBER Historical Working Papers (1993) Downloads (1993)

1980

  1. Explaining the Relative Efficiency of Slave Agriculture in the Antebellum South: Reply
    American Economic Review, 1980, 70, (4), 672-90 Downloads View citations (14)

1979

  1. Notes on the Social Saving Controversy
    The Journal of Economic History, 1979, 39, (1), 1-54 Downloads View citations (32)

1978

  1. Competition and Coercion: Blacks in the American Economy, 1865–1914. By Robert Higgs. New York, Cambridge University Press, 1977. Pp. x + 208. $14.95
    Business History Review, 1978, 52, (3), 399-401 Downloads

1977

  1. Explaining the Relative Efficiency of Slave Agriculture in the Antebellum South
    American Economic Review, 1977, 67, (3), 275-96 Downloads View citations (31)

1975

  1. Three Phases of Cliometric Research on Slavery and Its Aftermath
    American Economic Review, 1975, 65, (2), 37-46 Downloads View citations (6)

1972

  1. Current Directions in Economic History
    The Journal of Economic History, 1972, 32, (1), 1-2 Downloads

1971

  1. Quantitative Economic History: An Interim Evaluation Past Trends and Present Tendencies
    The Journal of Economic History, 1971, 31, (1), 15-42 Downloads View citations (3)
  2. The relative efficiency of slavery: A comparison of northern and southern agriculture in 1860
    Explorations in Economic History, 1971, 8, (3), 353-367 Downloads View citations (2)

1969

  1. A Model for the Explanation of Industrial Expansion during the Nineteenth Century: With an Application to the American Iron Industry
    Journal of Political Economy, 1969, 77, (3), 306-28 Downloads View citations (10)

1968

  1. The Specification Problem in Economic History: A Correction
    The Journal of Economic History, 1968, 28, (1), 126-126 Downloads View citations (1)

1967

  1. The Specification Problem in Economic History
    The Journal of Economic History, 1967, 27, (3), 283-308 Downloads View citations (16)

1966

  1. The New Economic History
    Economic History Review, 1966, 19, (3), 642-656 Downloads View citations (10)

1963

  1. Canals and Economic Development. By Carter Goodrich, Julius Rubin, H. Jerome Cranmer, and Harvey H. Segal. New York, Columbia University Press, 1961. Pp. x + 303. $7.50
    Business History Review, 1963, 37, (1-2), 113-114 Downloads

1962

  1. A Quantitative Approach to the Study of Railroads in American Economic Growth: A Report of Some Preliminary Findings*
    The Journal of Economic History, 1962, 22, (2), 163-197 Downloads View citations (57)

Books

2013

  1. Political Arithmetic
    National Bureau of Economic Research Books, University of Chicago Press
  2. Political Arithmetic: Simon Kuznets and the Empirical Tradition in Economics
    NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (11)

2012

  1. Explaining Long-Term Trends in Health and Longevity
    Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press View citations (8)
    Also in Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press (2012) View citations (8)

2011

  1. The Changing Body
    Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press View citations (153)
    Also in Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press (2011) View citations (151)
  2. The Changing Body: Health, Nutrition, and Human Development in the Western World since 1700
    NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (175)

2004

  1. The Escape from Hunger and Premature Death, 1700–2100
    Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press View citations (114)
    Also in Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press (2004) View citations (115)

2000

  1. The Fourth Great Awakening and the Future of Egalitarianism
    University of Chicago Press Economics Books, University of Chicago Press View citations (61)

Edited books

2014

  1. Health, Mortality and the Standard of Living in Europe and North America since 1700, vol Two volume set
    Books, Edward Elgar Publishing Downloads View citations (9)

Chapters

2013

  1. Acknowledgments, References, Index
    A chapter in Political Arithmetic: Simon Kuznets and the Empirical Tradition in Economics, 2013, pp 119-148 Downloads
  2. Further Aspects of the Legacy of Simon Kuznets
    A chapter in Political Arithmetic: Simon Kuznets and the Empirical Tradition in Economics, 2013, pp 106-114 Downloads
  3. Introduction: The Amazing Twentieth Century
    A chapter in Political Arithmetic: Simon Kuznets and the Empirical Tradition in Economics, 2013, pp 1-9 Downloads
  4. The Early History of the NBER
    A chapter in Political Arithmetic: Simon Kuznets and the Empirical Tradition in Economics, 2013, pp 21-48 Downloads
  5. The Emergence of National Income Accounting as a Tool of Economic Policy
    A chapter in Political Arithmetic: Simon Kuznets and the Empirical Tradition in Economics, 2013, pp 49-64 Downloads
  6. The Quarter Century since the Death of Simon Kuznets
    A chapter in Political Arithmetic: Simon Kuznets and the Empirical Tradition in Economics, 2013, pp 115-118 Downloads
  7. The Rise of Academic Economists before World War I
    A chapter in Political Arithmetic: Simon Kuznets and the Empirical Tradition in Economics, 2013, pp 10-20 Downloads
  8. The Scientific Methods of Simon Kuznets
    A chapter in Political Arithmetic: Simon Kuznets and the Empirical Tradition in Economics, 2013, pp 89-105 Downloads
  9. The Use of National Income Accounting to Study Comparative Economic Growth
    A chapter in Political Arithmetic: Simon Kuznets and the Empirical Tradition in Economics, 2013, pp 65-88 Downloads

2011

  1. Conclusion
    A chapter in The Changing Body: Health, Nutrition, and Human Development in the Western World since 1700, 2011
  2. Front matter, acknowledgments, table of contents
    A chapter in The Changing Body: Health, Nutrition, and Human Development in the Western World since 1700, 2011
  3. Height, Health, and Mortality in Continental Europe, 1700-2100
    A chapter in The Changing Body: Health, Nutrition, and Human Development in the Western World since 1700, 2011
  4. Investigating the Interaction of Biological, Demographic, and Economic Variables from Fragmentary Data
    A chapter in The Changing Body: Health, Nutrition, and Human Development in the Western World since 1700, 2011
  5. Our Changing Bodies: 300 Years of Technophysio Evolution
    A chapter in The Changing Body: Health, Nutrition, and Human Development in the Western World since 1700, 2011
  6. Technophysio Evolution and Human Health in England and Wales since 1700
    A chapter in The Changing Body: Health, Nutrition, and Human Development in the Western World since 1700, 2011
  7. The American Experience of Technophysio Evolution
    A chapter in The Changing Body: Health, Nutrition, and Human Development in the Western World since 1700, 2011
  8. The Analysis of Long-term Trends in Nutritional Status, Mortality, and Economic Growth
    A chapter in The Changing Body: Health, Nutrition, and Human Development in the Western World since 1700, 2011

2009

  1. Arthritis: Changes in Its Prevalence during the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
    A chapter in Health at Older Ages: The Causes and Consequences of Declining Disability among the Elderly, 2009, pp 55-74 Downloads View citations (1)

2008

  1. The Impact of the Asian Miracle on the Theory of Economic Growth
    A chapter in Understanding Long-Run Economic Growth: Geography, Institutions, and the Knowledge Economy, 2008, pp 311-354 Downloads View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper The Impact of the Asian Miracle on the Theory of Economic Growth, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2009) Downloads View citations (6) (2009)

1998

  1. Have the Extent and the Impact of Chronic Malnutrition been Underestimated? A Theory of Technophysio Evolution and its Implications for Nutritional Standards
    Palgrave Macmillan

1997

  1. New findings on secular trends in nutrition and mortality: Some implications for population theory
    Chapter 09 in Handbook of Population and Family Economics, 1997, vol. 1, Part A, pp 433-481 Downloads View citations (31)

1986

  1. Nutrition and the Decline in Mortality since 1700: Some Preliminary Findings
    A chapter in Long-Term Factors in American Economic Growth, 1986, pp 439-556 Downloads View citations (91)
    See also Working Paper Nutrition and the Decline in Mortality Since 1700: Some Preliminary Findings, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1984) Downloads View citations (31) (1984)
 
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