Zehetmayer, Matthias - In: Cliometrica, Journal of Historical Economics and … 7 (2013) 2, pp. 161-187
This study analyzes trends and determinants of the height of men born in the 100 largest American urban areas during the second half of the nineteenth century and compares them with heights of the rural population. In this sample of 21,704 US Army recruits, there is an urban height penalty of up...