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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 | | 2009-02-18 | | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | | 2009-07-28T08:48:05Z | | - |
| dc.date.available | | 2009-07-28T08:48:05Z | | - |
| dc.date.issued | | 2008 | | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/26542 | | - |
| dc.description.abstract | | Vitamin D is vital in all vertebrates because it allows them to absorb more calcium from their diets, contributing to stronger skeletal systems and stature growth. Using a new source of 19th century US state prison records, this study contrasts the statures of comparable African-Americans and whites by the primary sources of vitamin D production: time exposed to solar radiation, skin pigmentation, and nativity. Greater insolation (vitamin D production) is documented here to be associated with taller black and white statures, and a considerable share of the stature differential by socioeconomic status was related to insolation. | | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | | eng | | en_US |
| dc.publisher | | CESifo München | | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | | CESifo working paper 2497 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | | I10 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | | J01 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | | J15 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | | J16 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | | N81 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.ddc | | 330 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | Socioeconomic status | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | vitamin D | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | insolation | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | 19th century US statures | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Lebensstandard | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Farbige Bevölkerung | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Weiße | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Klima | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Soziale Ungleichheit | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | USA | | en_US |
| dc.title | | Nineteenth century black and white US statures: the primary sources of vitamin D and their relationship with height | | en_US |
| dc.type | | Working Paper | | en_US |
| dc.identifier.ppn | | 592001253 | | en_US |
| dc.rights | | http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen | | - |
| Appears in Collections: | | CESifo Working Papers, CESifo Group Munich
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