NUMERACY AND THE IMPACT OF HIGH FOOD PRICES IN INDUSTRIALIZING BRITAIN, 1780-1850

被引：27

作者：

Baten, Joerg ^{[1
]}

Crayen, Dorothee ^{[1
]}

Voth, Hans-Joachim ^{[2
,3
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Tubingen, Tubingen, Germany

[2] Univ Zurich, CH-8006 Zurich, Switzerland

[3] UBS Ctr, Zurich, Switzerland

来源：

REVIEW OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS | 2014年 / 96卷 / 03期

关键词：

QUANTITATIVE LITERACY; SOCIOECONOMIC-STATUS; COGNITIVE FUNCTION; BIRTH-WEIGHT; HEALTH; HEIGHT; CHILDHOOD; GROWTH; LIFE; AGE;

D O I：

10.1162/REST_a_00403

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

Using census-based data on the ability to recall one's age, we show that low levels of nutrition impaired numeracy in industrializing England, 1780 to 1850: cognitive ability declined among those born during the Napoleonic wars. The effect was stronger in areas where grain was expensive and relief for the poor, an early form of welfare support was limited. Nutritional shortages had a nonlinear effect on numeracy, with, severe shortages impairing numeracy more. Nutrition during childhood also mattered for labor market outcomes: individuals born in periods or counties with low numeracy typically worked in occupations with lower earnings.

引用

页码：418 / 430

页数：13

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