DISEASE AND DEVELOPMENT IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
成果类型：
Article
署名作者：
Acemoglu, Daron; Johnson, Simon; Robinson, James
署名单位：
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); University of California System; University of California Berkeley
刊物名称：
JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION
ISSN/ISSBN：
1542-4766
DOI：
10.1162/154247603322391035
发表日期：
2003
页码：
397-405
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摘要：
Health conditions and disease environments are important for economic outcomes. This paper argues that the main impact of disease environments on the economic development of nations is not due to the direct effect of health conditions on income, but rather because of their indirect effect via institutions. Health does affect income directly, but this can explain only a small fraction of today's differences in per capita income. In contrast, when previously isolated populations came into contact during the period of European colonial expansion, differences in disease environments had a major impact on the path of institutional development and consequently first-order consequences for economic growth. (JEL: I12, O12)
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