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 …

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 …

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 …

Twentieth Century. Finally, we examine the impact of state interventions to improve diet and nutrition and conclude that these …

with relatively high infant mortality rates live significantly fewer years, that 1st born children in the family live …

go back at least 200 years further using our methods. We analyse data for six countries (the USA, UK, Germany, France …