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T1 Height and standar of living in Puerto Rico from the spanish enlightenment to annexation by the United States, 1770-1924.
A1 Moreno Lázaro, Javier
K1 Puerto Rico - Historia
K1 Anthropometry
K1 Puerto Rico
K1 Colonialism
K1 Standard of living
K1 Antropometría
K1 Puerto Rico
K1 Colonialismo
K1 Nivel de vida
K1 5506.06 Historia de la Economía
AB This preliminary work presents a first series of heights of male adults in Puerto Rico. The sample, made up of 6,000 prisoner records. the estimates were systematically assessed for selectivity, and we find that selectivity is quite negligible for the main results. The text studies the extreme dependence of the standard of living on the evolution of the price of sugar, a dependence which caused the progressive deterioration of material well-being in the country. Only between 1860 and 1880 did Puerto Ricans enjoy some improvement and a higher level of height. We measures the negative short-term effects of the 1898 annexation Puerto Rico by the United States.
PB Elsevier
SN 1570-677X
YR 2023
FD 2023
LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/59065
UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/59065
LA eng
NO Economics & Human Biology, 2023, vol. 49, 101243
NO Producción Científica
DS UVaDOC
RD 18-nov-2024