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Famine and Disease in Economic History: A Summary Introduction
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| Title: | Famine and Disease in Economic History: A Summary Introduction | Authors: | Alfani, Guido Ó Gráda, Cormac |
Permanent link: | http://hdl.handle.net/10197/9444 | Date: | Feb-2018 | Abstract: | Understanding mortality crises is an important part of understanding some fundamental aspects of preindustrial economies. Understanding the processes leading to their decline and the associated improvements in living standards and life expectancy is a precondition for knowing what is needed to prevent the re-emergence of widespread famine and lethal infectious disease. This short paper introduces a field in which policy makers and economists need to carefully consider the past, before making assumptions about the future. | Type of material: | Working Paper | Publisher: | University College Dublin. School of Economics | Start page: | 1 | End page: | 16 | Series/Report no.: | UCD Centre for Economic Research Working Paper Series; WP2018/03 | Keywords: | Famine; Disease; Epidemics; Economic history | Language: | en | Status of Item: | Not peer reviewed |
| Appears in Collections: | Economics Working Papers & Policy Papers |
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