The stature of the colombian elite before the onset of Industrialization, 1870-1919

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Borradores de Economía; No. 339
Date published
2005-06-16
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2005-06-16
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Meisel-Roca, Adolfo
Vega-Acevedo, Margarita
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Abstract
The average height of Colombian women increased 8.95 cm between 1905 and 1985 and of men 8.96 cm in the same time period. Thus the country was a success story according to international standards in this respect. The information for the adult height of Co
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N36 - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion and Philanthropy: Latin America; CaribbeanN16 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Growth and Fluctuations: Latin America; CaribbeanI31 - General Welfare; Well-BeingI12 - Health Behavior
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Economic history ; Anthropometrics ; Welfare ; Health ; Standard of living ;
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https://repositorio.banrep.gov.co/handle/20.500.12134/5357
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12134/5357
https://doi.org/10.32468/be.339
https://ideas.repec.org/p/bdr/borrec/339.html
https://ideas.repec.org/p/col/000094/003627.html
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