The diminution of the physical stature of the English male population in the eighteenth century

@article{Komlos2012TheDO,
  title={The diminution of the physical stature of the English male population in the eighteenth century},
  author={J. Komlos and H. Kuechenhoff},
  journal={Cliometrica},
  year={2012},
  volume={6},
  pages={45-62}
}
  • J. Komlos, H. Kuechenhoff
  • Published 2012
  • Geography
  • Cliometrica
    • We re-estimate the height of Englishmen using the sample originally collected by Roderick Floud. We merge the samples from the army and the Royal Marines by weighting the observations in order to reflect the proportions of servicemen in the two branches of the military. In addition to truncated regression, we use cubic spline functions in order to estimate the trend in the physical stature of Englishmen. The results indicate that a very rapid decline in height of c. 1.6 cm per decade… CONTINUE READING
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