Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/248956 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 9411
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
In migration studies, immigrant health is a concern before, during, and after migration. This study uses a large late 19th and early 20th century data set of over 20 US prisons to assess migrant net nutrition. Native-born individuals were taller and had the lowest BMIs. International immigrants had lower BMIs and shorter statures. After controlling for other characteristics, native-born females had lower BMIs than men; however, foreign-born women’s’ BMIs were higher than domestic-born women. Females and males with darker complexions had greater BMIs than their counterparts with fairer complexions.
Subjects: 
nineteenth century US health
immigrant health
BMI
malnourishment
JEL: 
I12
I31
J31
J70
N31
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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