Adult longevity and economic take-off: from Malthus to Ben-Porath

David de la Croix

No 2008031, Discussion Papers (ECON - Département des Sciences Economiques) from Université catholique de Louvain, Département des Sciences Economiques

Abstract: We propose four arguments favoring the idea that medical effectiveness, adult longevity and height started to increase in Europe before the industrial revolution. This may have prompted households to increase their investment in human skills as a response to longer lives and initiated the transition from stagnation to growth.

Keywords: Life Expectancy; Height; Industrial Revolution; Human Capital; Adult Mortality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I12 I20 J11 J24 N30 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008-12-01
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Chapter: Adult Longevity and Economic Take-off from Malthus to Ben-Porath (2010)
Working Paper: Adult longevity and economic take-off from Malthus to Ben-Porath (2009)
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