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Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century Physical Activity and Calories by Gender and Race

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  • Scott Alan Carson

    (University of Texas, Permian Basin, 4901 East University
    University of Münich and CESifo)

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W hen traditional measures for income and wealth are scarce or unreliable, alternative values are effective in measuring nutritional conditions during economic development. This study uses net nutrition and calories to illustrate that during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries that men required about 20% more calories per day than women. Individuals with darker complexions had greater BMRs and required more calories per day compared to fairer complexioned individuals; however, the difference was not large. Individuals born in the Great Lakes, Plains, and South required more calories per day than individuals from the Northeast and Middle Atlantic. Residence in the developing Northeast and Middle Atlantic was associated with the fewest regional calories per capita. Nineteenth and early twentieth century calorie consumption was inversely related to inequality.

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  • Scott Alan Carson, 2023. "Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century Physical Activity and Calories by Gender and Race," Journal of Economics, Race, and Policy, Springer, vol. 6(4), pages 268-281, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:joerap:v:6:y:2023:i:4:d:10.1007_s41996-023-00124-0
    DOI: 10.1007/s41996-023-00124-0
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    Keywords

    Net nutrition; Nineteenth and twentieth century gender relations; Nineteenth and twentieth century race relations;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q10 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - General
    • Q19 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Other
    • N11 - Economic History - - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Industrial Structure; Growth; Fluctuations - - - U.S.; Canada: Pre-1913
    • N51 - Economic History - - Agriculture, Natural Resources, Environment and Extractive Industries - - - U.S.; Canada: Pre-1913

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