Height and Industrialisation in a City in Catalonia during the Nineteenth Century

Ramon Ramon-Muñoz () and Josep-Maria Ramon-Muñoz ()
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Ramon Ramon-Muñoz: Universitat de Barcelona
Josep-Maria Ramon-Muñoz: Universidad de Murcia
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No 2015/334, UB School of Economics Working Papers from University of Barcelona School of Economics

Abstract: Drawing on anthropometric information, this article investigates the evolution of the biological standard of living in nineteenth-century Catalonia. We focus on the city of Igualada, one of Catalonia’s main textile centres in the early part of the century. The results show a decline in the height of males born between the 1830s and the 1860s, the period in which factory-based industrialisation emerged and became consolidated. The article also suggests that height inequality rose during the third quarter of the nineteenth century. The empirical evidence gathered provides further support for the pessimistic view of the evolution of the standard of living during the early stages of industrialisation.

Keywords: Biological Standard of Living; Inequality; Industry; Urbanization; Southern Europe. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I12 I14 I31 N33 N63 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 40 pages
Date: 2015
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