Health and labor force participation over the life cycle : evidence from the past / edited by Dora L. Costa.

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2003], ©2003.

xvi, 343 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Reflections on the early indicators project / Larry T. Wimmer -- Rich and the dead / Joseph P. Ferrie -- Prior exposure to disease and later health and mortality / Chulhee Lee -- Seasoning, disease environment, and conditions of exposure / Daniel Scott Smith -- Height of Union Army recruits / Sven E. Wilson and Clayne L. Pope -- Prevalence of chronic respiratory disease in the Industrial Era / Sven E. Wilson -- Significance of lead water mains in American cities / Werner Troesken and Patricia E. Beeson -- Internal migration, return migration, and mortality / Mario A. Sańchez -- Pensions and labor force participation of Civil War veterans / Tayatat Kanjanapipatkul -- Effect of hernias on the labor force participation of Union Army veterans / Chen Song and Louis L. Nguyen.