Health, Height and the Household at the Turn of the 20th Century
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- Roy E. Bailey & Timothy J. Hatton & Kris Inwood, 2014. "Health, Height and the Household at the Turn of the 20th Century," CEH Discussion Papers 029, Centre for Economic History, Research School of Economics, Australian National University.
- Hatton, Tim & Bailey, Roy E & 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.
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Keywords
health in Britain; heights of recruits; household structure;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior
- J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
- N33 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy - - - Europe: Pre-1913
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-GRO-2014-05-04 (Economic Growth)
- NEP-HEA-2014-05-04 (Health Economics)
- NEP-HIS-2014-05-04 (Business, Economic and Financial History)
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