On the 'Puzzling' Antebellum Cycle of the Biological Standard of Living: the Case of Georgia

Examines the height of Georgian convicts and concludes that their height declined beginning with the birth cohorts of 1835. The economic transition brought about a decline in their nutritional status.

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Authors:	Komlos, John ; Coclanis, Peter
Institutions:	Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Subject:	economic transition \| nutritional status \| height cycles \| Georgian convicts

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Series:	Articles by John Komlos.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	Data has been deposited in ICPSR data archive, no. 06803. published in Explorations in Economic History, 1997, 34(4), 433-459
Classification:	I12 - Health Production: Nutrition, Mortality, Morbidity, Substance Abuse and Addiction, Disability, and Economic Behavior ; N31 - U.S.; Canada: Pre-1913
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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