Gazeley, Ian 
ORCID: 0000-0002-4277-1001, Newell, Andrew and Bezabih, Mintewab
(2015)
The transformation of hunger revisited: estimating available calories from the budgets of late nineteenth-century British households.
Journal of Economic History, 75 (2).
512 - 525.
ISSN 0022-0507
Abstract
Levels of nutrition among British worker's households in the late nineteenth century have been much debated. Trevon Logan (2006, 2009) estimated a very low average level of available calories. This paper re-examines the data and finds average levels of available calories much more in line with existing studies, more in line with what is known about energy requirements, and more in line with other aspects of the data. In sum, British households were likely to have been significantly better fed than Logan reports.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJourna... |
| Additional Information: | © 2015 The Economic History Association |
| Divisions: | Grantham Research Institute |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Jun 2015 13:15 |
| Last Modified: | 05 Apr 2024 06:24 |
| Projects: | RES-062-23-2054 |
| Funders: | Economic and Social Research Council |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/62324 |
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