On the 'Puzzling' Antebellum Cycle of the Biological Standard of Living: the Case of Georgia

John Komlos and Peter Coclanis

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

Abstract: Examines the height of Georgian convicts and concludes that their height declined beginning with the birth cohorts of 1835. The economic transition brought about a decline in their nutritional status.

Keywords: economic transition; nutritional status; height cycles; Georgian convicts (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I12 N31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Published in Explorations in Economic History, 1997, 34(4), 433-459

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