Title
Crisis and Human Biology
Author(s)
Tom Vogl Tom Vogl (Princeton University, BREAD, and NBER)
Prashant Bharadwaj Prashant Bharadwaj (University of California San Diego, BREAD, and NBER)
Abstract
We review the literature on the effects of aggregate crises on human biological outcomes. The crises we consider are acute, severe, and unexpected negative events occurring at the population level: recessions, famines, epidemics, natural and environmental disasters, and wars. Our review of the literature suggests that the effects of aggregate crises on human biology are pervasive and long-lasting.
Creation Date
2015-05
Section URL ID
Paper Number
2015-05
URL
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwjFN4HbBrDBeTFZUDhOSl9tTDA/view
File Function
Jel
I10, D74, Q11
Keyword(s)
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false
Series
9