We merge detailed household level expenditure data from older households with historical local weather information. We … standard deviations colder than expected (which occur about one winter month in forty) and reductions in food expenditure are …

end rationing quickly, regained power. It is unclear how rationing affected households’ expenditure adjustments in the … and in the postwar period. There is evidence that households were unable to make typical long-run desired expenditure … services. Rationing had a severe impact on household expenditures. The campaign to end rationing was pivotal in the …