The Oxford Handbook Of Economics And Human Biology (oxford Handbooks)

The Oxford Handbook of Economics and Human Biology provides an extensive and insightful overview of how economic conditions affect human well-being and how human health influences economic outcomes. Among the topics explored are how variations in height, whether over time, among different socio-economic groups, and in different locations, are important indicators of changes in economic growth and economic development, levels of economic inequality, and economic opportunities for individuals. The book covers a broad geographic range: Africa, Latin and North America, Asia, and Europe. Its temporal scope ranges from the late Iron Age to the present. Taking advantage of recent improvements in data and economic methods, the book also explores how humans' biological conditions influence and are influenced by their economic circumstances, including poverty. Among the issues addressed are how height, body mass index (BMI), and obesity can affect and are affected by productivity, wages, and wealth. How family environment affects health and well-being is examined, as is the importance of both pre-birth and early childhood conditions for subsequent economic outcomes. Reflecting this dynamic and expanding area of research, the volume shows that well-being is a salient aspect of economics, and the new toolkit of evidence from biological living standards enhances understanding of industrialization, commercialization, income distribution, the organization of health care, social status, and the redistributive state affect such human attributes as physical stature, weight, and the obesity epidemic in historical and contemporary populations. Cover Copyright Table of Contents About the Editors Contributors 1. Introduction 2. Biological Measures of Well-Being 3. Crisis and Human Biology 4. The Biological Standard of Living on Europe from the Late Iron Age to the Little Ice Age 5. Body Mass Index Through Time - Explanations, Evidence, and Future Directions 6. Econometrics of Economics and Human Biology 7. Health, Body Weight, and Obesity 8. Inequality and Heights 9. Adult Weight and Height of Native Populations 10. Slave Heights 11. Female Heights and Economic Development Theory and Evidence 12. Impact of Socioeconomic Inequality on Children’s Health and Well-being 13. Growth and Maturation of Children and Adolescents - Variability Due to Genetic and Environmental Factors 14. Global Perspectives on Economics and Biology 15. Global BMI Trends 16. The Joint Determination of Obesity and Poverty in Developed Countries 17. Biomarkers as Inputs 18. How Genetics Can Inform Health Economics 19. Twins Studies in Economics 20. Public and Private Returns to Investing in Nutrition 21. The Double Burden of Malnutrition 22. Biological Health Risks and Economic Development 23. Obesity and Income Inequality in OECD Countries 24. Height and Wages 25. Why Do People with Higher Body Weight Earn Lower Wages 26. Wealth and Weight 27. Family Economics and Obesity 28. Obesity and Welfare Regimes 29. Children s Anthropometrics and Later Disease Incidence 30. Birth Weight as an Indicator of Human Welfare 31. A Pound of Flesh - The Use of Birthweight as a Measure of Human Capital Endowment in Economics Research 32. Neuroeconomics - A Flourishing Field 33. The African Enigma - The Mystery of Tall African Adults Despite Low National Incomes Revisited 34. East Asia on the Rise - The Anthropometric History of China, Japan, and Korea 35. Economics and Human Biology in Latin America 36. Racial Differences in Health in the United States - A Long-Run Perspective 37. Antebellum Puzzle - The Decline in Heights at the Onset of Modern Economic Growth 38. The Anthropometric History of the Mediterranean World This handbook is currently in development, with individual articles publishing online in advance of print publication. At this time, we cannot add information about unpublished articles in this handbook, however the table of contents will continue to grow as additional articles pass through the review process and are added to the site. Please note that the online publication date for this handbook is the date that the first article in the title was published online The 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.