‘Tall, active and well made’? Māori stature and health in New Zealand

Kris Inwood, Les Oxley and Evan Roberts
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Evan Roberts: University of Minnesota

No 16014, Working Papers from Economic History Society

Abstract: "We examine physical well-being among New Zealand Māori from the 1700s to the mid-twentieth century. After colonization Māori stature declined slowly. Late nineteenth century Māori and Pākehā (European settlers) stood equally tall, but Māori stature lagged between 1900 and World War II. Stature increased after the 1920s for Pākehā and 1950s for Māori. Convergence has re-established comparable stature. Fertility decline, improvements in socio-economic status, and health policy may explain convergence of stature and infant mortality. We hypothesize that the early twentieth century divergence reflects cumulative land loss, disease incidence, rural-urban migration and labour market segregation."

JEL-codes: I14 J15 N30 O57 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016-04
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