On the Biological Standard of Living of Eighteenth-Century Americans: Taller, Richer, Healthier

John Komlos

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

Abstract: Based on the height data of 18th-century American soldiers the inference is warranted that Americans were taller than Europeans, and the wedge widened during the course of the century.

Keywords: Anthropometrics; Living Standards; 18th Century; colonial US (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I12 I31 N11 N31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Published in Research in Economic History, 2001, 20, 223-248

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