دانلود مقاله : The height gap in 19th century America: Net nutritional advantage of the elite incr

چکیده : 

We present evidence on the 19th-century trend in the height of male US passport

applicants. These men represent a much wealthier segment of contemporary society than

found in most stature samples previously analyzed. The height trend among the wealthy is

much more robust in comparison to the average population that experienced a decline in

stature. The resulting increase in the ‘height gap’—by roughly 1 in. between cohorts born

around 1820 and 1860—is in congruence with evidence on rising wealth inequality and the

notion of dietary change in antebellum America