Health, Mortality and the Standard of Living in Europe and North America since 1700, vol Two volume set

Edited by Roderick Floud, Robert Fogel, Bernard Harris () and Sok Chul Hong

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Abstract: These two volumes bring together important and influential articles and papers on different aspects of the history of health and welfare. The collection includes classic and more recent essays on the origins and nature of mortality decline; the early-life origins of adult health and disease; changes in height, weight and body mass; the definition and measurement of the ‘standard of living’; and the economic and social impact of health improvements.

Keywords: Economics and Finance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
ISBN: 9780857931788
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