Cities, market integration, and going to sea: Stunting and the standard of living in early nineteenth-century England and Wales

Economic History Review

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 458-478

  Humphries, Jane ^a   Leunig, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD LABOR; ECONOMIC HISTORY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GROWTH RESPONSE; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; LIVING STANDARD; MARKET SYSTEM; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; WAGE;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 60849129889     PISSN: 00130117     EISSN: 14680289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0289.2008.00458.x     Document Type: Article

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