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

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  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. Bailey, Roy E & Hatton, Timothy J. & Inwood, Kris, 2014. "Health, Height and the Household at the Turn of the 20th Century," CEPR Discussion Papers 9959, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  3. Richard H. Steckel, 2008. "Heights and Human Welfare: Recent Developments and New Directions," NBER Working Papers 14536, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  4. 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.

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