International Migration and Net Nutrition in the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries: Evidence from Prison Records
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Keywords
nineteenth century US health; immigrant health; BMI; malnourishment;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior
- I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General Welfare, Well-Being
- J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
- J70 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Discrimination - - - General
- N31 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy - - - U.S.; Canada: Pre-1913
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-HEA-2021-12-13 (Health Economics)
- NEP-HIS-2021-12-13 (Business, Economic and Financial History)
- NEP-INT-2021-12-13 (International Trade)
- NEP-MIG-2021-12-13 (Economics of Human Migration)
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