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dc.contributor.authorCarson, Scott Alanen
dc.date.accessioned2008-11-11-
dc.date.accessioned2009-07-28T08:47:19Z-
dc.date.available2009-07-28T08:47:19Z-
dc.date.issued2008-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/26479-
dc.description.abstractThe use of height data to measure living standards is now a well-established method in the economic literature. While much is known about 19th century black legal and material conditions, less is known about how 19th century biological conditions were related to the physical environment and institutional change. Although modern blacks and whites reach similar terminal statures when brought to maturity under similar biological conditions, 19th century African-American statures in Southern states were consistently shorter than whites, indicating a uniquely 19th century phenomenon may have influenced black stature growth. It is geography and direct sunlight (insolation) that present a striking attribute of 19th century black and white statures, and greater insolation is documented here to be associated with taller black and white statures.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aCenter for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo) |cMunichen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aCESifo Working Paper |x2434en
dc.subject.jelJ19en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordNineteenth century southern black and white staturesen
dc.subject.keywordinsolationen
dc.subject.keywordvitamin Den
dc.subject.stwLebensstandarden
dc.subject.stwSchwarzeen
dc.subject.stwVergleichen
dc.subject.stwMaßzahlen
dc.subject.stwWeißeen
dc.subject.stwRäumliche Verteilungen
dc.subject.stwKlimaen
dc.subject.stwInstitutioneller Wandelen
dc.subject.stwSoziale Schichten
dc.subject.stwUSAen
dc.titleGeography, insolation, and institutional change in 19th century African-American and white stature in southern states-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn58469590Xen
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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