Economic Progress in Twentieth-Century Portugal: Revisiting the Evidence

Cermeño, Alexandra L., Nuno Palma and Renato Pistola

No 20942, CEPR Discussion Papers from Centre for Economic Policy Research

Abstract: Using three independent archival sources, we previously documented substantial declines in stunting and wasting in Portugal during the mid-twentieth century. This note revisits the original evidence, clarifies the descriptive scope of our analysis, and situates the observed anthropometric changes within the broader evolution of public health, nutrition, and social policy in Portugal. We show that the timing and magnitude of the declines are robust to the alternative data restrictions and aggregation choices examined here, and that the documented improvements are consistent with contemporaneous expansions in health infrastructure and access documented in the historical record.

Keywords: Anthropometrics; Poverty; Child health; Economic development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I15 N34 O15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025-12
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