GROWING TALL BUT UNEQUAL: NEW FINDINGS AND NEW BACKGROUND EVIDENCE ON ANTHROPOMETRIC WELFARE IN 156 COUNTRIES, 1810-1989

被引:116
作者
Baten, Joerg [1 ]
Blum, Matthias [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Tubingen, Tubingen, Germany
[2] Tech Univ, Munich, Germany
关键词
welfare; anthropometric history; gross domestic product estimation;
D O I
10.1080/20780389.2012.657489
中图分类号
K [历史、地理];
学科分类号
06 ;
摘要
This is the first initiative to collate the entire body of anthropometric evidence during the 19th and 20th centuries, on a global scale. By providing a comprehensive dataset on global height developments we are able to emphasise an alternative view of the history of human well-being and a basis for understanding characteristics of well-being in 156 countries, 1810-1989.
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页码:S66 / S85
页数:20
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