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Economic Growth, Population Theory, and Physiology: The Bearing of Long-Term Processes on the Making of Economic Policy / Robert W. Fogel.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fogel, Robert W.
- Series:
- Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w4638.
- NBER working paper series no. w4638
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Diseases--History.
- Diseases.
- Economic development--History.
- Economic development.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);
- Other Title:
- Economic Growth, Population Theory, and Physiology
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 1994.
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : National Bureau of Economic Research, 1994.
- Summary:
- This paper sketches a theory of the secular decline in morbidity and mortality that takes account of changes in human physiology since 1700. The synergism between technological and physiological improvements has produced a form of human evolution, much more rapid than natural selection, which is still ongoing in both OECD and developing countries. Thermodynamic and physiological aspects of economic growth are defined and their impact on growth rates is assessed. Implications of this theory for population forecasting, measurement of national income, demand for leisure, pension policies, and for the demand for health care are considered.
- Notes:
- Print version record
- February 1994.
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