Four essays on the biological standard of living in Europe and America in historical perspective

Koch, Daniel (2012): Four essays on the biological standard of living in Europe and America in historical perspective. Dissertation, LMU München: Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät

Abstract

The dissertation contributes to the understanding of the secular development of human well-being and its determinants in the 18th and 19th century by using the concept of the biological standard of living.Each chapter of this dissertation is related to one specific region of the world: Germany, GB, Norway, and the US..

• Dokumententyp: Dissertationen (Dissertation, LMU München)
• Keywords: biological standard of living, height, well-being
• Themengebiete: 300 Sozialwissenschaften ; 300 Sozialwissenschaften > 330 Economics
• Fakultäten: Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät
• Sprache der Hochschulschrift: Englisch
• Datum der mündlichen Prüfung: 23. Oktober 2012
• 1. Bericht­erstatter:in: Komlos, John