Daniel Gallardo Albarrán is at the University of Groningen (Department of Economics, Econometrics and Finance) and a member of the Groningen Growth and Development Centre. He is currently working on the impact of health on welfare and economic development during the 20th century. His main research interests are: economic development in the long run, inequality, industrialisation, living standard comparisons across countries and time, and the determinants of historical and present health improvements.