Shrinking in a Growing Economy? The Mystery of Physical Stature during the Industrial Revolution

John Komlos

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

Abstract: Reviews the evidence on early-industrial height cycles and shows why the economic transition put downward pressure on the nutritional status of the European and American populations.

Keywords: height cycles; nutritional status; Industrial Revolution (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I12 N31 N33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Published in Journal of Economic History, 1998, 58(3), 779-802

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