Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/247008 
Year of Publication: 
2015
Series/Report no.: 
EHES Working Papers in Economic History No. 77
Publisher: 
European Historical Economics Society (EHES), s.l.
Abstract: 
How has Latin America's wellbeing evolved over time? How does Latin America compare to today's developed countries (OECD, for short)? What explains their differences? These questions are addressed using an historical index of human development. A sustained improvement in wellbeing can be observed since 1870. The absolute gap between OECD and Latin America widened over time, but an incomplete catching up -largely explained by education- occurred since 1900, but faded away after 1980, as Latin America fell behind the OECD in terms of longevity. Once the first health transition was exhausted, the contribution of life expectancy to human development declined.
Subjects: 
Latin America
Human Development
Positive Freedom
Life Expectancy
Education
JEL: 
O15
O54
I00
N36
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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