We compare trends in mortality, nutritional status and food supply to other living standard indicators for the early years of the Nazi period. We find that Germany experienced a substantial increase in mortality rates in most age groups in the mid-1930s, even relative to those of 1932, the worst...

We compare trends in mortality, nutritional status and food supply to other living standard indicators for the early years of the Nazi period. We find that Germany experienced a substantial increase in mortality rates in most age groups in the mid-1930s, even relative to those of 1932, the worst...

Numerous papers have documented a positive association between height and good physical health and also with good economic outcomes such as earnings. A smaller number have argued for an association with well-being. In this paper, cross-country data from Europe is used to analyse whether...

"Der vorliegende Band, herausgegeben von Frank-Lothar Kroll, vereinigt Abhandlungen des Chemnitzer Historikers Rudolf Boch zur deutschen Industrialisierung: Aufsätze zu den handwerklichen Ursprüngen der Arbeiterbewegung, aber auch ein Resümee zur Transformation dieser Bewegung nach 1890. Die...