Institutional Change and Variation in 19th-Century Southern Blacks´ and Whites´ Body Mass Indices

Scott Alan Carson

Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), 2014, vol. 170, issue 2, 296-316

Abstract: Little research exists on the body mass index (BMI) values of 19th-century Southern blacks and whites. Using a new BMI data set and sensitivity analysis, this paper demonstrates that Southern blacks´ BMIs were greater than whites´ and both declined throughout the 19th century; therefore, the 20th-century increase in Southern BMIs did not have its origins in the late 19th century. Farmers had greater BMIs than nonfarmers, and biological differences explain more of the black-white BMI differential than socioeconomic characteristics.

JEL-codes: I2 J7 N3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1628/093245613X13801797311754

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