A theory of medical effectiveness, differential mortality, income inequality and growth for Pre-Industrial England

Mathematical Population Studies

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 2-35

  de la Croix, David ^a   Sommacal, Alessandro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Differential mortality; Health expenditure; Life expectancy; Propensity to save

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; HEALTH CARE; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MORTALITY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 59649125844     PISSN: 08898480     EISSN: 1547724X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08898480802619538     Document Type: Article

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