Height and Social Status in Eighteenth-Century Germany

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Height and Social Status in Eighteenth-Century Germany

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John Komlos () (The Institute of Economic History, Department of Economics, University of Munich)

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Examines the height of German youth in the late eighteenth century, and documents the very large differences in height between the lower and upper classes. Shows that the height of the upper class did not decline at the end of the 18th century as did that of the common men.

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Paper provided by Department of Economics, University of Munich in its series Articles by John Komlos with number 27.

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Publication status: published in Journal of Interdisciplinary History, 1990, 20, 607-621
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I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Production
N33 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Income, and Wealth - - - Europe: Pre-1913

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Komlos, John & Baten, Jörg, 2003. "Looking Backward and Looking Forward: Anthropometric Research and the Development of Social Science History," Discussion Papers in Economics 59, University of Munich, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
John Komlos, . "On the Biological Standard of Living of Eighteenth-Century Americans: Taller, Richer, Healthier," Articles by John Komlos 3, Department of Economics, University of Munich. [Downloadable!]
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- Komlos, John, 2003. "On the Biological Standard of Living of Eighteenth-Century Americans: Taller, Richer, Healthier," Discussion Papers in Economics 53, University of Munich, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
Richard H. Steckel, 1995. "Percentiles of Modern Height Standards for Use in Historical Research," NBER Historical Working Papers 0075, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

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