Adult longevity and economic take-off from Malthus to Ben-Porath
(2009) Institutional and Social Dynamics of Growth and Distribution — p. 172-190
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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. (2009). Adult longevity and economic take-off from Malthus to Ben-Porath. In Neri Salvadori (ed.), Institutional and Social Dynamics of Growth and Distribution (p. p. 172-190). Edward Elgard. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/249775