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Nineteenth century stature and family size : binding constraint or productive labor force?
Carson, Scott Alan - 2010
neglected area in historical stature studies is the relationship between stature and family size, and statures are documented … here to be positively related with family size. The relationship between material inequality and heath is the subject of …-spatial relationship between the environment and stature. -- family economics ; stature ; wealth ; inequality ; insolation ; vitamin D …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003951557
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Geography and insolation in 19th century US African-American and white statures
Carson, Scott A. (contributor) - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003641717
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Geography, insolation, and institutional change in 19th century African-American and white stature in southern states
Carson, Scott Alan (contributor) - 2008
The use of height data to measure living standards is now a well-established method in the economic literature. While much is known about 19th century black legal and material conditions, less is known about how 19th century biological conditions were related to the physical environment and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003771878
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Demographic, residential, and socioeconomic effects on the distribution of 19th century African-American stature
Carson, Scott Alan (contributor) - 2008
The use of height data to measure living standards is now a well-established method in the economic literature, and heights are related with vitamin D. Although African-Americans and whites have the genetic ability to reach similar terminal statures, 19th century blacks were consistently shorter...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003791788
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Demographic, residential, and socioeconomic effects on the distribution of 19th century US white statures
Carson, Scott Alan - 2009
Using a source of 19th century US state prison records, this study addresses European-American stature variation. The most commonly cited sources for stature variation are diets, disease, and work effort. However, vitamin D is also vital in human statures and health. This paper demonstrates that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003808673
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Response to Baker and Fugh-Berman's critique of my paper, "Why has longevity increased more in some states than in others?"
Lichtenberg, Frank R. - 2009
Dean Baker and Adriane Fugh-Berman have published a critique of a study I performed in 2007, entitled "Why has longevity increased more in some states than in others?ʺ One of the conclusions I drew from that study was that medical innovation accounts for a substantial portion of recent...
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African-American and white inequality in the American South : evidence from the 19th Century Missouri state prison
Carson, Scott Alan (contributor) - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003496751
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What is an adequate standard of living during retirement?
Binswanger, Johannes; Schunk, Daniel - 2009
Many economists and policy-makers argue that households do not save enough to maintain an adequate standard of living during retirement. However, there is no consensus on the answer to the underlying question about what this standard should be, despite the fact that it is crucial for the design...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003923525
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Demographic, residential, and socioeconomic effects on the distribution of 19th century African-American Body Mass Index values
Carson, Scott Alan - 2011
Little research exists on the body mass index values of late 19th and early 20th century African-Americans. Using a new BMI data set and robust statistics, this paper demonstrates that late 19th and early 20th century black BMI variation by age increased in their mid-30s but declined at older...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009009594
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Demographic, residential, and socioeconomic effects on the distribution of 19th century white Body Mass Index values
Carson, Scott A. - 2011
Little research exists on the body mass index values of 19th century Americans of European descent. Using a new BMI data set and robust statistics, between 1860 and 1880, BMIs decreased across the distribution; however, after 1880, BMIs in the highest quantiles increased, while those in lower...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009011179