Adult Longevity and Economic Take-off: from Malthus to Ben-Porath
(2008) , 19 pages
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- 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.
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De la Croix, D. (2008). Adult Longevity and Economic Take-off: from Malthus to Ben-Porath (ECON Discussion Papers 2008-31). https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/250677