The Transformation of Hunger Revisited: Estimating Available Calories from the Budgets of Late Nineteenth-Century British Households

B-Tier
Journal: Journal of Economic History
Year: 2015
Volume: 75
Issue: 2
Pages: 512-525

Score contribution per author:

0.670 = (α=2.01 / 3 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

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.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:cup:jechis:v:75:y:2015:i:02:p:512-525_00
Journal Field
Economic History
Author Count
3
Added to Database
2026-01-25