Carolina Quotes[P]er-capita income can be an ambiguous measure of welfare during the early stages of economic development unless it moves in the same direction as the biological standard of living...
John Komlos Connected to the Carolinas
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- On the Significance of Anthropometric History (1994)
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- 1994
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