The physiological foundations of the wealth of nations

被引：19

作者：

Dalgaard, Carl-Johan ^{[1
,2
]}

Strulik, Holger ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Copenhagen, Dept Econ, Copenhagen K, Denmark

[2] CEPR, London, England

[3] Univ Gottingen, Dept Econ, D-37073 Gottingen, Germany

来源：

JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC GROWTH | 2015年 / 20卷 / 01期

关键词：

Malthusian stagnation; Subsistence; Nutrition; Body size; Population growth; ALLOMETRIC SCALING LAWS; HUMAN-BODY SIZE; FERTILITY DECLINE; ECONOMIC-GROWTH; GENERAL-MODEL; TRADE-OFF; HEIGHT; POPULATION; NUTRITION; ORIGIN;

D O I：

10.1007/s10887-015-9112-5

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

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 examined using data for ethnic groups as well as for sub-national regions.

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页码：37 / 73

页数：37

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