Anomalies in Economic History: Reflections on the 'Antebellum Puzzle'

John Komlos

Articles by John Komlos from Department of Economics, University of Munich

Abstract: Argues that the decline in physical stature of the American population beginning with 1835 was related to the concomitants of the onset of modern economic growth and not entirely to changes in the disease environment.

Keywords: physical stature; American population; economic growth (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: N11 N31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Published in Journal of Economic History, 1996, 56, 202-214

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