Vecchi, Giovanni; Coppola, Michela - Instituto Figuerola de Historia y Ciencias Sociales, … - 2004
We investigate how nutritional status responded to economic growth in Italy during 1861-1911. By combining household-level data on food consumption with population censuses, we estimate that the incidence of undernutrition decreased by about 10-15 percent between 1881 and 1901. Consumption of...