Wealth Accumulation and the Health of Union Army Veterans, 1860–1870
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Wealth Accumulation and the Health of Union Army Veterans, 1860-1870.
How did the wartime health of Union Army recruits affect their wealth accumulation through 1870? Wounds and exposure to combat had strong negative effects on subsequent savings, as did illnesses while in the service. The impact of poor health was particularly strong for unskilled workers. Health was a powerful determinant of nineteenth-century economic mobility. Infectious diseases' influences ...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Economic History
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0022-0507,1471-6372
DOI: 10.1017/s0022050705000124