The Oxford Handbook of Economics and Human Biology

摘要

The Oxford Handbook of Economics and Human Biology explores, and to some extent defines, the field of economics and human biology. This field has expanded massively over the past decades, and focuses on how economic conditions affect human biological outcomes and how biological outcomes affect economic processes. The research questions overlap with the field of health economics; however, this book is less concerned with health and health systems, and more focused on measurable aspects of the organism, e.g., height, weight, blood pressure, and birth weight.