Arbeitspapier
The Physiological Foundations of the Wealth of Nations
In the present paper we advance a theory of pre-industrial growth where body size and population size are endogenously determined. Despite the fact that parents invest in both child quantity and productivity enhancing child quality, a take-off does not occur due to a key physiological check: if human body size rises, subsistence requirements will increase. This mechanism turns out to be instrumental in explaining why income stagnates near an endogenously determined subsistence boundary. Key predictions of the model are supported by cross-country data.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: Diskussionsbeitrag ; No. 480
Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
Health Behavior
Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
Health Behavior
Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
Thema
stagnation
Subsistence
Nutrition
Body size
Population growth
Subsistence
Nutrition
Body size
Population growth
Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Dalgaard, Carl-Johan
Strulik, Holger
Strulik, Holger
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Leibniz Universität Hannover, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät
(wo)
Hannover
(wann)
2011
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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20.09.2024, 08:21 MESZ
Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Dalgaard, Carl-Johan
- Strulik, Holger
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät
Entstanden
- 2011
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