The longevity of famous people from Hammurabi to Einstein

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De la Croix, David and Licandro, Omar (2015) The longevity of famous people from Hammurabi to Einstein. Journal of Economic Growth, 20 (3). pp. 263-303. ISSN 1381-4338

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Official URL: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10887-015-9117-0

Abstract

We build a new sample of 300,000 famous people born between Hammurabi's epoch and Einstein's cohort, including their vital dates, occupations, and locations from the Index Bio-bibliographicus Notorum Hominum. We discuss and control for selection and composition biases. We show using this long-running consistent database that there was no trend in mortality during most of human history, confirming the existence of a Malthusian epoch; we date the beginning of the steady improvements in longevity to the cohort born in 1640-9, clearly preceding the Industrial Revolution, lending credence to the hypothesis that human capital may have played a significant role in the take-off to modern growth; we find that this timing of improvements in longevity concerns most countries in Europe and most skilled occupations.

Item Type:	Article
RIS ID:	https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/757906
Additional Information:	The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10887-015-9117-0
Keywords:	Longevity, Notoriety, Malthus, Elite, Compensation Effect of Mortality, Enlightenment, Europe.
Schools/Departments:	University of Nottingham, UK > Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Economics
Identification Number:	10.1007/s10887-015-9117-0
Depositing User:	Eprints, Support
Date Deposited:	27 Jun 2016 09:46
Last Modified:	04 May 2020 17:13
URI:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/id/eprint/34416

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