Aufsatz(elektronisch)#12007
The introduction of anthropometrics into development and economics
In: Historical social research: HSR-Retrospective (HSR-Retro) = Historische Sozialforschung, Band 32, Heft 1, S. 260-270
ISSN: 2366-6846
'The authors trace the introduction and use of anthropometric indicators (height, weight, body mass index) into development and labor economics in the late 1970s. These biological markers are used as a proxy measure for health human capital, the degree of poverty or malnutrition, net nutritional status, and productive capacity. The use of these indicators has spread rapidly after the 1980s.' (author's abstract)