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dc.contributor.authorCarson, Scott Alanen
dc.date.accessioned2010-04-13-
dc.date.accessioned2010-08-18T11:19:00Z-
dc.date.available2010-08-18T11:19:00Z-
dc.date.issued2010-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/38974-
dc.description.abstractThe use of height data to measure living standards is now a well-established method in economics. Nevertheless, a neglected area in historical stature studies is the relationship between stature and family size, and statures are documented here to be positively related with family size. The relationship between material inequality and heath is the subject of considerable debate, and there was an inverse relationship between material inequality and stature. The paper also supports a bio-spatial relationship between the environment and stature.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aCenter for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo) |cMunichen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aCESifo Working Paper |x2999en
dc.subject.jelN30en
dc.subject.jelD10en
dc.subject.jelI10en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordfamily economicsen
dc.subject.keywordstatureen
dc.subject.keywordwealthen
dc.subject.keywordinequalityen
dc.subject.keywordinsolationen
dc.subject.keywordvitamin Den
dc.subject.stwLebensstandarden
dc.subject.stwFamilieen
dc.subject.stwFamiliensoziologieen
dc.subject.stwSoziale Ungleichheiten
dc.subject.stwUSAen
dc.titleNineteenth century stature and family size: Binding constraint or productive labor force?-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn623507641en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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