Well-being and the late nineteenth century agrarian crisis: anthropometric evidence from rural Catalonia

Ramon Ramon-Muñoz (), Josep-Maria Ramon-Muñoz and Nikola Koepke
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Ramon Ramon-Muñoz: University of Barcelona
Josep-Maria Ramon-Muñoz: University of Murcia
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No 15008, Working Papers from Economic History Society

Abstract: "This paper is an approach to explore the evolution of the biological standard of living during the years of the late 19th century agrarian depression. We use a new dataset on conscripts from rural western Catalonia, which adumbrate that no decline took place in the height of the young males born between 1879 and 1903. The current findings also suggest remarkable differences in biological living standards across territories and individuals which, in addition, seem to have changed over time. The currently available evidence indicates that the agrarian depression might have had a less negative impact on the overall well-being of the (western-) Catalan population than one might have expected."

Keywords: "Anthropometrics; Living Standards; Agrarian Crisis; 19th Century; Globalization" (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: N00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015-03
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