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The great transformation: A long-run perspective on physical well-being in Canada

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  • Cranfield, John
  • Inwood, Kris

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Article provided by Elsevier in its journal Economics & Human Biology.

Volume (Year): 5 (2007)
Issue (Month): 2 (July)
Pages: 204-228

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Cited by:

  1. Shlomowitz, Ralph, 2007. "Did the mean height of Australian-born men decline in the late nineteenth century? A comment," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 5(3), pages 484-488, December.
  2. 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 and Finance.
  3. Scott A. Carson, 2016. "Frederick Jackson Turner and the Westward Expanse: Changing Net Nutrition with Economic Development," CESifo Working Paper Series 5869, CESifo Group Munich.
  4. Bailey, Roy E. & Hatton, Timothy J. & Inwood, Kris, 2014. "Health, Height and the Household at the Turn of the 20th Century," IZA Discussion Papers 8128, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA).
  5. Richard H. Steckel, 2008. "Heights and Human Welfare: Recent Developments and New Directions," NBER Working Papers 14536, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

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