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Stature, Nutrition, and Regional Convergence

The Argentine Northwest in the First Half of the Twentieth Century

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 January 2016

Ricardo D. Salvatore
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Abstract

During the so-called long delay of Argentine economic development, the northwest region experienced a sustained improvement in its health and nutrition status, as indicated by new evidence on heights. Within the region, there was internal convergence in average stature: differences in heights grew smaller over time between the provinces of Santiago del Estero, Tucumán, Catamarca, Salta, and Jujuy. In relation to Buenos Aires, the northwest region did not converge. Within the region, differences in skills, education, and social standing translated into important differences in stature. These differences tended to increase over time. Factors believed to be crucial for the economic growth and welfare of the region (such as the development of the sugar industry and the inflow of Bolivian immigrants) do not seem to have affected the long-term growth in stature.

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Social Science History , Volume 28 , Issue 2: Special Issue: Recent Research In Anthropometric History , Summer 2004 , pp. 297 - 324
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Copyright © Social Science History Association 2004 

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