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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 View citations (162)
2. Was What Ail'd Ya' What Kill'd Ya'?
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   See also Journal Article Was what ail’d ya what kill’d ya?, Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier (2013) (2013)

2010

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

2009

5. The Impact of the Asian Miracle on the Theory of Economic Growth
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc 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) View citations (1) (2008)

2008

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

2007

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

2006

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

2005

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

2004

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

2003

14. 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 View citations (7)
15. Secular Trends in Physiological Capital: Implications for Equity in Health Care
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)
16. Who Gets Health Care?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (10)

2000

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

1997

18. The Global Struggle to Escape from Chronic Malnutrition since 1700
    CPE working papers, University of Chicago - Centre for Population Economics View citations (3)
19. 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

20. Autobiography
    Nobel Prize in Economics documents, Nobel Prize Committee
21. 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 View citations (566)
    Also in Nobel Prize in Economics documents, Nobel Prize Committee (1993) 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) View citations (610) (1994)
22. 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 View citations (22)

1993

23. 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 View citations (70)
24. Problems in Modeling Complex Dynamic interactions: The Political Realignment of the 1850s
    NBER Historical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
    See also Journal Article PROBLEMS IN MODELING COMPLEX DYNAMIC INTERACTIONS: THE POLITICAL REALIGNMENT OF THE 1850s, Economics and Politics, Wiley Blackwell (1992) View citations (1) (1992)

1992

25. 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) View citations (23)
26. 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

1990

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

1989

28. 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 View citations (17)

1987

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

1986

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

1984

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

1982

32. 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 View citations (7)

Journal Articles

2013

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

2011

2. 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 View citations (79)

2009

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

2005

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

2004

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

2003

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

1999

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

1997

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

1994

11. 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 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) View citations (566) (1994)
12. 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 View citations (1)

1992

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

1980

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

1979

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

1978

16. 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

1977

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

1975

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

1972

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

1971

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

1969

22. 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 View citations (10)

1968

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

1967

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

1966

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

1963

26. 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

1962

27. 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 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

3. 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

4. The Changing Body
   Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press View citations (151)
   Also in Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press (2011) View citations (153)
5. The Changing Body: Health, Nutrition, and Human Development in the Western World since 1700
   NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (177)

2004

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

2000

7. The Fourth Great Awakening and the Future of Egalitarianism
   University of Chicago Press Economics Books, University of Chicago Press View citations (62)

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 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
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
3. Introduction: The Amazing Twentieth Century
   A chapter in Political Arithmetic: Simon Kuznets and the Empirical Tradition in Economics, 2013, pp 1-9
4. The Early History of the NBER
   A chapter in Political Arithmetic: Simon Kuznets and the Empirical Tradition in Economics, 2013, pp 21-48
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
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
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
8. The Scientific Methods of Simon Kuznets
   A chapter in Political Arithmetic: Simon Kuznets and the Empirical Tradition in Economics, 2013, pp 89-105
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

2011

10. Conclusion
    A chapter in The Changing Body: Health, Nutrition, and Human Development in the Western World since 1700, 2011
11. Front matter, acknowledgments, table of contents
    A chapter in The Changing Body: Health, Nutrition, and Human Development in the Western World since 1700, 2011
12. 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
13. 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
14. 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
15. 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
16. The American Experience of Technophysio Evolution
    A chapter in The Changing Body: Health, Nutrition, and Human Development in the Western World since 1700, 2011
17. 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

18. 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 View citations (1)

2008

19. 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 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) View citations (6) (2009)

1998

20. 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

21. 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 View citations (31)

1986

22. 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 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) View citations (31) (1984)