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Shrinking in a Growing Economy? The Mystery of Physical Stature during the Industrial Revolution

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

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Reviews the evidence on early-industrial height cycles and shows why the economic transition put downward pressure on the nutritional status of the European and American populations.

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Paper provided by Department of Economics, University of Munich in its series Articles by John Komlos with number 7.

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Publication status: published in Journal of Economic History, 1998, 58(3), 779-802
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Keywords: height cycles; nutritional status; Industrial Revolution;

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I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Production
N31 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Income, and Wealth - - - U.S.; Canada: Pre-1913
N33 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Income, and Wealth - - - Europe: Pre-1913

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  1. Scott A. Carson, 2007. "Health during Industrialization: Evidence from the 19th Century Pennsylvania State Prison System," CESifo Working Paper Series CESifo Working Paper No. , CESifo Group Munich. [Downloadable!]
  2. Elizabeth Brainerd, 2006. "Reassessing the Standard of Living in the Soviet Union: An Analysis Using Archival and Anthropometric Data," William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series wp812, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross Business School. [Downloadable!]
  3. John Komlos, 2009. "Recent Trends in Height by Gender and Ethnicity in the US in Relation to Levels of Income," NBER Working Papers 14635, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  4. Komlos, John, 2005. "On English Pygmies and Giants: the Physical Stature of English Youth in the late-18th and early-19th Centuries," Discussion Papers in Economics 573, University of Munich, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
  5. Scott A. Carson, 2008. "Demographic, Residential, and Socioeconomic Effects on the Distribution of 19th Century African-American Stature," CESifo Working Paper Series CESifo Working Paper No. , CESifo Group Munich. [Downloadable!]
  6. 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!]
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  7. Kris Inwood & Les Oxley & Evan Roberts, 2008. "Physical stature and its interpretation in nineteenth century New Zealand," Working Papers in Economics 08/22, University of Canterbury, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
  8. Scott A. Carson, 2007. "African-American and White Inequality in the American South: Evidence from the 19th Century Missouri State Prison," CESifo Working Paper Series CESifo Working Paper No. , CESifo Group Munich. [Downloadable!]
  9. Scott A. Carson, 2006. "African-American and White Living Standards in the 19th Century American South: A Biological Comparison," CESifo Working Paper Series CESifo Working Paper No. , CESifo Group Munich. [Downloadable!]
  10. Brainerd, Elizabeth, 2006. "Reassessing the Standard of Living in the Soviet Union: An Analysis Using Archival and Anthropometric Data," CEPR Discussion Papers 5525, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  11. Komlos, John, 2003. "How to (and How Not to) Analyze Deficient Height Samples," Discussion Papers in Economics 56, University of Munich, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
  12. Scott A. Carson, 2008. "Geography and Insolation in 19th Century US African-American and White Statures," CESifo Working Paper Series CESifo Working Paper No. , CESifo Group Munich. [Downloadable!]
  13. Komlos, John, 2009. "How useful is anthropometric history?," Discussion Papers in Economics 10587, University of Munich, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
  14. Scott A. Carson & Thomas N. Maloney, 2006. "Living Standards in Black and White: Evidence from the Heights of Ohio Prison Inmates, 1829 – 1913," CESifo Working Paper Series CESifo Working Paper No. , CESifo Group Munich. [Downloadable!]
  15. 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!]
  16. Komlos, John & Cinnirella, Francesco, 2005. "European Heights in the Early 18th Century," Discussion Papers in Economics 572, University of Munich, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
  17. Eric Vanhaute & Richard Paping & Cormac Ó Gráda, 2006. "The European subsistence crisis of 1845-1850 - a comparative perspective," Working Papers 200609, School Of Economics, University College Dublin. [Downloadable!]
  18. Komlos, John & Kriwy, Peter, 2001. "The Biological Standard of Living in the Two Germanies," CESifo Working Paper Series CESifo Working Paper No. , CESifo Group Munich. [Downloadable!]
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  19. Areendam Chanda & Lee A. Craig & Julianne Treme, . "Convergence (and Divergence) in the Biological Standard of Living in the United States, 1820-1900," Departmental Working Papers 2007-01, Department of Economics, Louisiana State University. [Downloadable!]
  20. Elizabeth Brainerd, 2006. "Reassessing the Standard of Living in the Soviet Union: An Analysis Using Archival and Anthropometric Data," IZA Discussion Papers 1958, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). [Downloadable!]
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