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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

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

The college wealth divide : education and inequality in America, 1956-2016

Bartscher, Alina K.; Kuhn, Moritz; Schularick, Moritz - 2019

financial literacy and business ownership for the increase in wealth inequality between college and non-college households. …Using new long-run microdata, this paper studies wealth and income trends of college and noncollege households in the … United States since 1956. We document the emergence of a substantial college wealth premium since the 1980s, which is …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012031017

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

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

Nineteenth century stature and family size : binding constraint or productive labor force?

Carson, Scott Alan - 2010

-spatial relationship between the environment and stature. -- family economics ; stature ; wealth ; inequality ; insolation ; vitamin D … here to be positively related with family size. The relationship between material inequality and heath is the subject of … considerable debate, and there was an inverse relationship between material inequality and stature. The paper also supports a bio …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003951557

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

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

From the tallest to (one of) the fattest : the enigmatic fate of the American population in the 20th century

Komlos, John; Baur, Marieluise - 2003

considering that this adverse development is related to the greater social inequality, an inferior health-care system, and fewer …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011509441

Nineteenth century black and white US statures : the primary sources of vitamin D and their relationship with height

Carson, Scott Alan - 2008

Vitamin D is vital in all vertebrates because it allows them to absorb more calcium from their diets, contributing to stronger skeletal systems and stature growth. Using a new source of 19th century US state prison records, this study contrasts the statures of comparable African-Americans and...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003803559

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