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The lasting effects of maternal net nutrition during US economic development

Carson, Scott Alan - 2016

women's BMIs in the US and how they varied with economic development. This study shows that after controlling for … characteristics, African-American women had greater BMIs than lighter complexioned black and white women. Women from the Southwest … were taller and had lower BMIs than women born elsewhere within the US. However, women's BMIs did not vary by occupations …

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The weight of inequality : variation with industrialization and wealth

Carson, Scott Alan - 2015

, 19th century weight was higher in states with greater average wealth and population density and lower in states with … greater wealth inequality. …

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THE EFFECT OF DEVELOPMENT OF GEOGRAPHY, VITAMIN D, WEALTH, AND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY ON TUBERCULOSIS MORTALITY: THE CASE OF THE 19TH CENTURY US

Carson, Scott Alan - In: Journal of Economic Development 35 (2010) 2, pp. 57-74

occupations to die from tuberculosis. Absolute wealth and agricultural productivity were associated with the likelihood of dying … from tuberculosis, and people who lived in high wealth and low agriculturally productive states were less likely to die …

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Weight, wealth, and inequality : nineteenth century current net nutrition by race during us economic development

Carson, Scott Alan - In: The review of black political economy : analyzing … 50 (2023) 4, pp. 381-400

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Chinese Sojourn Labor and the American Transcontinental Railroad

Carson, Scott Alan - In: Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE) 161 (2005) 1, pp. 80-80

This paper considers the institutional arrangements and labor market forces that interacted in the construction of America's transcontinental railroad. The demand for Chinese laborers on the transcontinental railroad was a product of a complex set of relationships, including the transaction...

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Institutional Change, Stature, and Northeast Industrialization: Evidence from the 19th Century Philadelphia County Prison

Carson, Scott Alan - In: Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE) 167 (2011) 4, pp. 630-646

This article considers the relationship between stature, race, institutional change, and proximity to urban centers during economic development. A new data set of male inmates from the 19th century Philadelphia County prison is introduced to compare black and white statures during...

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A quantile approach to the demographic, residential, and socioeconomic effects on 19th-century African-American body mass index values.

Carson, Scott Alan - In: Cliometrica, Journal of Historical Economics and … 6 (2012) 2, pp. 193-209

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 darker complexioned black BMIs were greater than for mulattos, and a mulatto BMI advantage did not exist....

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Living standards in black and white: evidence from the heights of Ohio prison inmates, 1829 - 1913

Carson, Scott Alan; Maloney, Thomas N. - 2006

The use of height data to measure living standards is now a well-established method in the economic history literature. Moreover, a number of core findings in this literature are widely agreed upon. There are still some populations, places, and times, however, for which anthropometric evidence...

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African-American and white inequality in the American South: evidence from the 19th Century Missouri state prison

Carson, Scott Alan - 2007

The use of height data to measure living standards is now a well-established method in economic history. Moreover, a number of core findings in the literature are widely agreed upon. There are still some populations, places, and times, however, for which anthropometric evidence remains thin. One...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264097

Health during industrialization: evidence from the 19th century Pennsylvania state prison system

Carson, Scott Alan - 2007

The use of height data to measure living standards is now a well-established method in economic history. Moreover, a number of core findings in this literature are widely agreed upon. There are still some populations, places, and times, however, for which anthropometric evidence remains thin....

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264113