
Tommy Bengtsson
Professor

Age-specific mortality and short-term changes in the standard of living : Sweden, 1751-1859
Författare
Summary, in English
The response of mortality to short-term changes in real wages is analyzed here not just in its own right but more particularly as an indicator of long-term shifts in the general standard of living. It is hypothesized that the response would have been stronger the lower the standard of living. The relationship between age-specific mortality levels and real-wage series for Sweden 1751–1860 is analyzed using a distributed-lag model and spectral analysis. The results suggest a real shift in the material standard of living during the period.
Avdelning/ar
- Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen
Publiceringsår
1985
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
309-326
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
European Journal of Population
Volym
1
Issue
4
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Springer
Ämne
- Economic History
Nyckelord
- Spectral Analysis
- Public Finance
- Real Wage
- Material Standard
- General Standard
Aktiv
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 0168-6577