Machine generated contents note: pt. I INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMICS AND HUMAN BIOLOGY
Introduction / John Komlos
1. Growth Faltering in the First Thousand Days after Conception and Catch-up Growth / Jere R. Behrman
2. Biological Measures of Well-Being / Richard H. Steckel
3. Crisis and Human Biology / Tom S. Vogl
4. The Biological Standard of Living in Europe from the Late Iron Age to the Little Ice Age / Nikola Koepke
5. Econometrics of Economics and Human Biology / Dhaval Dave
pt. II BIOLOGICAL MEASURES AS AN OUTCOME
6. Body Mass Index Through Time: Explanations, Evidence, and Future Directions / Scott A. Carson
7. Health, Body Weight, and Obesity / Julian Reif
8. Inequality and Heights / Matthias Blum
9. Adult Weight and Height of Native Populations / Ricardo Godoy
10. Slave Heights / Richard H. Steckel
11. Female Heights and Economic Development: Theory and Evidence / Deborah Oxley
12. The Impact of Socioeconomic Inequality on Children's Health and Well-Being / Richard G. Wilkinson
13. Growth and Maturation of Children and Adolescents: Variability Due to Genetic and Environmental Factors / Alan D. Rogol
14. Global Perspectives on Economics and Biology / Jorg Baten
15. Global BMI Trends / Martin Wabitsch
16. Poverty and Obesity in Developed Countries / Muzhe Yang
pt. III BIOLOGICAL MEASURES AS AN INPUT TO MONETARY OUTCOMES, PRODUCTIVITY, AND WELFARE
17. Biomarkers as Inputs / Stephen F. Lehrer
18. How Genetics Can Inform Health Economics / George L. Wehby
19. Twins Studies in Economics / Jere R. Behrman
20. Public and Private Returns to Investing in Nutrition / David E. Sahn
21. The Double Burden of Malnutrition / Yang Wang
22. Biological Health Risks and Economic Development / Duncan Thomas
23. Obesity and Income Inequality in OECD Countries / Dejun Su
24. Height and Wages / Olaf Hubler
25. Why Do People with Higher Body Weight Earn Lower Wages? / Jane Greve
26. Wealth and Weight / Jay L. Zagorsky
27. Family Economics and Obesity / Sven E. Wilson
28. Obesity and Welfare Regimes / Avner Offer
29. Children's Anthropometrics and Later Disease Incidence / Karri Silventoinen
30. Birth Weight as an Indicator of Human Welfare / W. Peter Ward
31. A Pound of Flesh: The Use of Birthweight as a Measure of Human Capital Endowment in Economics Research / Dalton Conley
32. Neuroeconomics: A Flourishing Field / Daniel Houser
33. The African Enigma: The Mystery of Tall African Adults Despite Low National Incomes Revisited / Kalle Hirvonen
34. East Asia on the Rise: The Anthropometric History of China, Japan, and Korea / Daniel Jong Schwekendiek
35. Economics and Human Biology in Latin America / Moramay Lopez-Alonso
36. Racial Differences in Health in the United States: A Long-Run Perspective / Robert A. Margo
37. Antebellum Puzzle: The Decline in Heights at the Onset of Modern Economic Growth / Lee A. Craig
38. The Anthropometric History of the Mediterranean World / Brian A'Hearn.
