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ifo Institut – Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München >
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| DC Field | | Value | | Language |
| dc.contributor.author | | Carson, Scott Alan | | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | | 2007-07-25 | | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | | 2009-07-28T08:14:57Z | | - |
| dc.date.available | | 2009-07-28T08:14:57Z | | - |
| dc.date.issued | | 2007 | | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/26020 | | - |
| dc.description.abstract | | The use of height data to measure living standards is now a well-established method in economic history. Moreover, a number of core findings in this literature are widely agreed upon. There are still some populations, places, and times, however, for which anthropometric evidence remains thin. One example is African-Americans in the US Northeast and Middle Atlantic states during the 1800s. Here, a new data is used from the Pennsylvania state prison to track black and white male heights incarcerated between 1829 to 1909. Throughout the century, and controlling for a number of characteristics, Pennsylvania black men in were shorter than white men. The well-known mid-century height decline is confirmed among white men, however, extended to blacks as well. | | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | | eng | | en_US |
| dc.publisher | | CESifo München | | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | | CESifo working paper 1975 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | | N31 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | | J15 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | | J70 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | | I12 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | | I31 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.ddc | | 330 | | en_US |
| dc.title | | Health during industrialization: evidence from the 19th century Pennsylvania state prison system | | en_US |
| dc.type | | Working Paper | | en_US |
| dc.identifier.ppn | | 538173033 | | en_US |
| dc.rights | | http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen | | - |
| Appears in Collections: | | CESifo Working Papers, CESifo Group Munich
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