BIP! Finder - Selection and historical height data: Evidence from the 1892 Boas sample of the Cherokee Nation

2016 • Selection and historical height data: Evidence from the 1892 Boas sample of the Cherokee Nation

Authors: Miller, Melinda C.

Venue: Explorations in Economic History

Type: Publication

Abstract: Abstract Economists have increasingly turned to height data to gain insight into a population's standard of living. Because height measures are used when other data are unavailable, testing their reliability can be difficult, and concerns over sample selection have led to several vigorous debates within the heights literature. In this paper, I use a unique contemporaneous census to gauge the extent of selection into a contested sample of American Indian heights. I have linked people from the 1892 Boas sample of the Cherokee Nation to the 1890 C... (read more)

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Topics: Demography

DOI: 10.1016/j.eeh.2016.04.001

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