Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5057442 | Economics & Human Biology | 2009 | 15 Pages |
Abstract
This anthropometric study focuses on the histories of three important Latin American countries - Brazil, Peru, and Argentina - during the 19th century, and tests hypotheses concerning their welfare trends. While non-farm Brazil and Lima, Peru, started at relatively low height levels, Brazil made substantial progress in nutritional levels from the 1860s to the 1880s. In contrast, Lima remained at low levels. Argentinean men were tall to begin with, but heights stagnated until 1910. The only exception were farmers and landowners, who benefited from the export boom.
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Authors
Joerg Baten, Ines Pelger, Linda Twrdek,