University of Texas, Odessa, USA and University of Munich and CESifo, Germany.
J Biosoc Sci. 2010 Jan;42(1):113-28. doi: 10.1017/S0021932009990241. Epub 2009 Oct 1.
The use of height data to measure living standards is now a well-established method in economics. However, there are still some populations, places and times for which the comparison across groups remains unclear. One example is 19th century Mexicans in the US. This study demonstrates that after comparing the statures of Mexicans born in Mexico and the US the primary source of the stature difference between the two groups was birth year, and the stature gap increased as the US economy developed while the Mexican economy stagnated. Moreover, the stature growth of Mexicans born in the US was related to vitamin D, and the Mexican relationship between stature and insolation was more like that of Europeans than Africans.
利用身高数据来衡量生活水平在经济学中已是一种成熟的方法。然而，仍有一些人群、地点和时期，群体间的比较仍不明确。19 世纪美国的墨西哥人就是一个例子。本研究表明，在比较了出生于墨西哥和美国的墨西哥人的身高后，两组人身高的主要差异来源是出生年份，随着美国经济的发展而增长，而墨西哥经济停滞不前。此外，出生于美国的墨西哥人的身高增长与维生素 D 有关，且墨西哥人与光照的身高关系更类似于欧洲人，而不是非洲人。
