Portuguese living standards, 1720-1980, in European comparison: heights, income, and human capital

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Autor(a) principal: Stolz, Yvonne
Data de Publicação: 2013
Outros Autores: Baten, Joerg, Reis, Jaime
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10451/20518
Resumo: When and why did the Portuguese become the shortest Europeans? In order to find the answer to this question, we trace the trend in Portuguese living standards from the 1720s until recent times. We find that during the early nineteenth century average height in Portugal did not differ significantly from average height in most other European countries, but that when, around 1850, European anthropometric values began to climb sharply, Portugal's did not. In a panel analysis of 12 countries, we find that delay in human-capital formation was the chief factor hindering any improvement in the biological standard of living in Portugal.
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spelling Portuguese living standards, 1720-1980, in European comparison: heights, income, and human capitalCapital humanoDesenvolvimento económicoWhen and why did the Portuguese become the shortest Europeans? In order to find the answer to this question, we trace the trend in Portuguese living standards from the 1720s until recent times. We find that during the early nineteenth century average height in Portugal did not differ significantly from average height in most other European countries, but that when, around 1850, European anthropometric values began to climb sharply, Portugal's did not. In a panel analysis of 12 countries, we find that delay in human-capital formation was the chief factor hindering any improvement in the biological standard of living in Portugal.Repositório da Universidade de LisboaStolz, YvonneBaten, JoergReis, Jaime2015-11-18T12:28:16Z20132013-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10451/20518engStolz,Y., Baten, J. & Reis, J. (2013). Portuguese living standards, 1720–1980, in European comparison: heights, income, and human capital. Economic History Review, 66 (2), pp. 545–5780358-552210.1111/j.1468-0289.2012.00658.xinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-11-08T16:06:03Zoai:repositorio.ul.pt:10451/20518Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T21:38:30.712800Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
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title Portuguese living standards, 1720-1980, in European comparison: heights, income, and human capital
spellingShingle Portuguese living standards, 1720-1980, in European comparison: heights, income, and human capital
Stolz, Yvonne
Capital humano
Desenvolvimento económico
title_short Portuguese living standards, 1720-1980, in European comparison: heights, income, and human capital
title_full Portuguese living standards, 1720-1980, in European comparison: heights, income, and human capital
title_fullStr Portuguese living standards, 1720-1980, in European comparison: heights, income, and human capital
title_full_unstemmed Portuguese living standards, 1720-1980, in European comparison: heights, income, and human capital
title_sort Portuguese living standards, 1720-1980, in European comparison: heights, income, and human capital
author Stolz, Yvonne
author_facet Stolz, Yvonne
Baten, Joerg
Reis, Jaime
author_role author
author2 Baten, Joerg
Reis, Jaime
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Stolz, Yvonne
Baten, Joerg
Reis, Jaime
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Capital humano
Desenvolvimento económico
topic Capital humano
Desenvolvimento económico
description When and why did the Portuguese become the shortest Europeans? In order to find the answer to this question, we trace the trend in Portuguese living standards from the 1720s until recent times. We find that during the early nineteenth century average height in Portugal did not differ significantly from average height in most other European countries, but that when, around 1850, European anthropometric values began to climb sharply, Portugal's did not. In a panel analysis of 12 countries, we find that delay in human-capital formation was the chief factor hindering any improvement in the biological standard of living in Portugal.
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