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VersandkostenfreiThe Oxford Handbook of Economics and Human Biology enhances understanding of how economic conditions influence human well-being and how human health shapes such economic outcomes as wealth. The volume contains cutting-edge reviews from the major thought leaders in the field.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- PART I: INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMICS AND HUMAN BIOLOGY
- Introduction
- John Komlos and Inas R. Kelly
- 1. Growth Faltering in the First Thousand Days after Conception and Catch-up Growth
- Jere Behrman
- 2. Biological Measures of Well-Being
- Richard Steckel
- 3. Crisis and Human Biology
- Prashant Bharadwaj and Tom Vogl
- 4. The biological standard of living in Europe from the Late Iron Age to the Little Ice Age
- Nikola Koepke
- 5. Econometrics of Economics and Human Biology
- Gregory Colman and Dhaval Dave
- PART II: BIOLOGICAL MEASURES AS AN OUTCOME
- 6. Body Mass Index Through Time
- Scott A. Carson
- 7. Health, body weight, and obesity
- Darius Lakdawalla and Julian Reif
- 8. Inequality and Heights
- Matthias Blum
- 9. Adult Weight and Height of Native Populations
- Asher Rosinger and Ricardo Godoy
- 10. Slave Heights
- Richard Steckel
- 11. Female Heights and Economic Development: Theory and Practice
- Deborah Oxley
- 12. The Impact of Socioeconomic Inequality On Children's Health and Wellbeing
- Baltica Cabieses, Kate E. Pickett, and Richard G. Wilkinson
- 13. Growth and Maturation of Children and Adolescents: Variability Due to Genetic and Environmental Factors
- Alan Rogol
- 14. Global Perspectives on Economics and Biology
- Nicholas Meinzer and Jörg Baten
- 15. Global BMI Trends
- Katrin Kromeyer-Hauschild, Anja Moss, and Martin Wabitsch
- 16. Poverty and Obesity in Developed Countries
- Chad D. Meyerhoefer and Muzhe Yang
- PART III: BIOLOGICAL MEASURES AS AN INPUT TO MONETARY OUTCOMES, PRODUCTIVITY, AND WELFARE
- 17. Biomarkers as Inputs
- Steven Lehrer
- 18. How Genetics Can Inform Health Economics
- George Wehby
- 19. Twins Studies in Economics
- Jere Behrman
- 20. Public and Private Returns to Investing in Nutrition
- Harold Alderman and David E. Sahn
- 21. The Double Burden of Malnutrition
- Susan L. Averett and Yang Wang
- 22. Biological health risks and economic development
- Elizabeth Frankenberg, Jessica Ho, and Duncan Thomas
- 23. Obesity and Income Inequality in OECD Countries
- Dejun Su
- 24. Height and Wages
- Olaf Hübler
- 25. Why do people with higher body weight earn lower wages?
- Jane Greve
- 26. Wealth and Weight
- Jay L. Zagorsky
- 27. Family Economics and Obesity
- Sven E. Wilson
- 28. Obesity and Welfare Regimes
- Avner Offer
- 29. Children's Anthropometrics and Later Disease Incidence
- Karri Silventoinen
- 30. Birth Weight as an Indicator of Human Welfare
- W. Peter Ward
- 31. A Pound of Flesh: birth weight as a measure of endowment in economics research
- Florencia Torche and Dalton Conley
- 32. Neuroeconomics: A Flourishing Field
- Jason A. Aimone and Daniel Houser
- PART IV: REGIONAL STUDIES
- 33. The African Enigma: The Mystery of Tall African Adults Despite Low Incomes
- Alexander Moradi and Kalle Hirvonen
- 34. East Asia on the Rise: The Anthropometric History of China, Japan, and Korea
- Daniel Jong Schwekendiek
- 35. Economics and Human Biology in Latin America
- Moramay López-Alonso
- 36. Racial Differences in Health in the USA: A Long-Run Perspective
- Leah Boustan and Robert A. Margo
- 37. Antebellum Puzzle: The Decline in Heights at the Onset of Modern Economic Growth
- Lee A. Craig
- 38. The Anthropometric History of the Mediterranean World
- Brian A'Hearn
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Erscheinungsdatum
30. Mai 2016
Sprache
englisch
Seitenanzahl
848
Reihe
Oxford Handbooks
Herausgegeben von
John Komlos, Inas Kelly
Verlag/Hersteller
Produktart
gebunden
Gewicht
1554 g
Größe (L/B/H)
264/68/2 mm
ISBN
9780199389292
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