Health, Height and Welfare: Britain 1700-1980

Floud, Roderick; Harris, Bernard

doi:10.3386/h0087

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“…A first attempt at this has been made by Floud andHarris for Britain during 1756-1980; for the long-run, they find that there is a broad similarity of movement which they regard as reassuring. 16 Other authors in the human development/capabilities tradition stress that a key problem with HDI is that its coverage is too narrow.…”

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Some Dimensions of the ‘Quality of Life’ During the British Industrial Revolution

Crafts

1997

The Economic History Review

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The paper sets out estimates for various aspects of well-being during British industrialisation. Judgements about changes in living standards are shown to be sensitive to weighting procedures. It is argued that recent participants in the famous standards of living controversy have assigned undue importance to trends in heights and that concern for quality of life rather than real wages need not imply a pessimistic view of changes in aggregate well-being during the industrial revolution. Urban mortality experience is shown to be the least satisfactory aspect of well-being and it is suggested that this reflects difficulties of financing local public goods.

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Some Dimensions of the ‘Quality of Life’ During the British Industrial Revolution

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1997

The Economic History Review

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“…It is 14 also possible that shorter and weaker children died during the war, so that average heights increased, or that child heights increased after the war due to 'catch-up' growth when food supplies improved. It is worth noting that the experience of increasing child stature during World War II was not unique to the Soviet Union; child height increased in most regions in England and Wales during World War II as well (Floud and Harris 1997).…”

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Reassessing the Standard of Living in the Soviet Union: An Analysis Using Archival and Anthropometric Data

Brainerd

2006

SSRN Journal

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“…A variety of evidence supports the contention that living standards fell during the British Industrial Revolution, especially in the 1830s and early 1840s (Nicholas and Steckel, 1991;Floud and Harris, 1996). Regarding education specifically, the evidence is mixed.…”

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“…In fact, in some important early cases, industrialization harmed children's health (Nicholas andSteckel, 1991 andFloud andHarris, 1996).…”

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The Effect of Industrialization on Children’s Education. The Experience of Mexico

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Levine

2011

Review of Economics and Institutions

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Abstract:We use census data to examine the impact of industrialization on children's education in Mexico. We find no evidence of reverse causality in this case. We find small positive effects of industrialization on primary education, effects which are larger for domestic manufacturing than for export-intensive assembly (maquiladoras). In contrast, teen-aged girls in Mexican counties (municipios) with more growth in maquiladora employment 1990-2000 have significantly less educational attainment than do girls in low-growth counties. These results shed light on literatures analyzing the impacts of industrialization, foreign investment, and intra-household bargaining power.JEL classification: I25, L60, O14

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Health, Height and Welfare: Britain 1700-1980

Cited by 28 publications

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Some Dimensions of the ‘Quality of Life’ During the British Industrial Revolution

Some Dimensions of the ‘Quality of Life’ During the British Industrial Revolution

Reassessing the Standard of Living in the Soviet Union: An Analysis Using Archival and Anthropometric Data

The Effect of Industrialization on Children’s Education. The Experience of Mexico

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