Famine and Disease

Guido Alfani and Cormac Ó Gráda

Chapter 16 in An Economist’s Guide to Economic History, 2018, pp 133-141 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The infrequency of severe mortality crises and the low prevalence of famine and disease are characteristics of modern industrial and post-industrial societies. Understanding the processes leading to their decline, and the associated improvements in living standards and life expectancy, is a precondition for knowing what is needed to prevent their re-emergence. This chapter provides a historical perspective on famine and disease to help overcome the lack of knowledge on these rare events.

JEL-codes: I14 I15 I18 N30 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-96568-0_16

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