Biological Measures of Well-Being
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23596950 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard H Steckel (The Ohio State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Pages | 32-51 |
| Publication date | 2015-11-12 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Oxford Handbook of Economics and Human Biology (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199389292.013.25 |
| OpenAlex | W2220640326 |
| ISBN | 9780199389292 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 21 |
Beginning with Bismarck’s Germany in the late 19th century, nations gave increasing attention to measures of well-being while traveling the path to welfare states of the 20th century. Following the ascent of the germ theory of disease, governments could play a large and cost-effective role in serving public health and national competitiveness. The Great Depression energized the creation of a second important policy tool, national income accounts. This chapter discusses the evolution and application of biological measures of well-being, with comparisons to per capita gross domestic product from vital registration and life tables to morbidity and to anthropometric measures such as stature, weight, and skeletal remains. Recently, surveys of happiness have entered scholarly debate.
Demographic economics · Depression (economics) · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Great Depression · Gross domestic product · Gross national income · Happiness · Macroeconomics · Market economy · Measures of national income and output · Per capita · Political science · Public economics · Sociology · Welfare · Demography · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · Law
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| Citations per year | 0.43 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2022 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |