The Introduction of Anthropometrics into Development and Economics

John Komlos and Lukas Meermann

Historical Social Research (Section 'Cliometrics'), 2007, vol. 32, issue 1, 260-270

Abstract: We trace the introduction and use of anthropometric indicators (height, weight, body mass index) into development and labor economics in the late 1970s. These biological markers are used as a proxy measure for health human capital, the degree of poverty or malnutrition, net nutritional status, and productive capacity. The use of these indicators has spread rapidly after the 1980s.

Date: 2007
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