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Escaping from hunger before WW1 : nutrition and living standards in Western Europe and USA in the late nineteenth century
Gazeley, Ian; Holmes, Rose; Newell, Andrew; Reynolds, Kevin - 2017
We estimate calories available to workers' households in the USA, Belgium, Britain, France and Germany in 1890/1. We … estimate that households in the USA, on average, had about five hundred daily calories per equivalent adult more than their … French and German counterparts, with Belgian and British workers closer to the USA levels. We ask if that energy bonus gave …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011732355
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Are COVID fatalities in the US higher than in the EU, and if so, why?
Aparicio Fenoll, Ainoa; Grossbard-Shechtman, Shoshana - 2020
The COVID crisis has severely hit both the United States and the European Union. Even though they are the wealthiest regions in the world, they differ substantially in economic performance, demographic characteristics, type of government, health systems, and measures undertaken to counteract...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012290644
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Disease prevalence, disease incidence, and mortality in the United States and in England
Banks, James; Muriel, Alastair; Smith, James P. - 2010
the English. In contrast, age specific mortality rates are similar in the two countries with an even higher risk among the … English after age 65. Our second aim explains large financial gradients in mortality in the two countries. Among 55-64 year … evidence using a long panel of American respondents that their subsequent mortality is not related to large changes in wealth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003975385
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Historical analysis of national subjective wellbeing using millions of digitized books
Hills, Thomas; Proto, Eugenio; Sgroi, Daniel - 2015
go back at least 200 years further using our methods. We analyse data for six countries (the USA, UK, Germany, France …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011296064
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Long-run longevity effects of a nutritional shock early in life : the Dutch potato famine of 1846 - 1847
Berg, Gerard J. van den (contributor);  … - 2007
Background: Nutrition in utero and infancy may causally affect health and mortality at old ages. Until now, very few … studies have demonstrated long-run effects on survival of early life nutrition, mainly because of data limitations and … individual characteristics and additional (early life) determinants of mortality. Results: Men exposed to severe famine during …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003583130
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Nutrition in interwar Britain : a possible resolution of the healthy or hungry 1930s debate?
Gazeley, Ian; Newell, Andrew; Reynolds, Kevin; … - 2018
Twentieth Century. Finally, we examine the impact of state interventions to improve diet and nutrition and conclude that these …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011872364
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The first world war and working-class food consumption in Britain
Gazeley, Ian; Newell, Andrew - 2010
's recommended intakes. -- First World War ; Britain ; food controls ; food consumption ; nutrition …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009156099
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Urban working-class food consumption and nutrition in Britain in 1904
Gazeley, Ian; Newell, Andrew T. - 2012
food consumption. We also find that the lower tail of the household nutrition distribution drops away very rapidly, so that … few households suffered serious food shortages. -- nutrition ; well-being ; Britain ; early 20th century …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009664908
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The transformation of hunger revisited
Gazeley, Ian; Newell, Andrew; Bezabih, Mintewab - 2013
We examine Trevon Logan's 2009 claim to have found low levels of nutrition among British worker's households in the …. We also warn against the simple assertion that a high elasticity implies hunger. -- nutrition ; living standards ; worker …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009721362
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Is the child health/family income gradient universal? : Evidence from England
Currie, Alison (contributor); Shields, Michael (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
evidence that nutrition and family lifestyle choices have an important role in determining child health and that child health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002452042