In The Changing Body (Cambridge University Press and NBER, 2011), the authors presented a series of estimates showing the number of calories available for human consumption in England and Wales at various points in time between 1700 and 1909/13. The current paper corrects an error in those...

Recommended readings (Machine generated): Allen, R. (2005), 'English and Welsh agriculture, 1300-1850: outputs, inputs and income'. URL: http://economics.ouls.ox.ac.uk/13622/1/Allen%20-%20English%20and%20Welsh%20agriculture.pdf -- Allen, R. (2007), 'Pessimism preserved: real wages in the British...

In The Changing Body (Cambridge University Press and NBER, 2011), the authors presented a series of estimates showing the number of calories available for human consumption in England and Wales at various points in time between 1700 and 1909/13. The current paper corrects an error in those...