Arsenault Morin Alex, Geloso Vincent, Kufenko Vadim
Department of Economics, Queen's University, 94 University Avenue, Kingston, Ontario, K7L 3N6, Canada.
Free Market Institute, Texas Tech University, Box 45059, Lubbock, TX, 79409-5059, United States.
Econ Hum Biol. 2017 Aug;26:126-136. doi: 10.1016/j.ehb.2017.03.002. Epub 2017 Mar 16.
This paper uses a novel dataset of heights collected from the records of the Quebec City prison between 1813 and 1847 to survey the French-Canadian population of Quebec-which was then known either as Lower Canada or Canada East. Using a birth-cohort approach with 10year birth cohorts from the 1780s to the 1820s, we find that French-Canadian prisoners grew shorter over the period. Through the whole sample period, they were short compared to Americans. However, French-Canadians were taller either than their cousins in France or the inhabitants of Latin America (except Argentinians). In addition to extending anthropometric data in Canada to the 1780s, we are able to extend comparisons between the Old and New Worlds as well as comparisons between North America and Latin America. We highlight the key structural economic changes and shocks and discuss their possible impact on the anthropometric data.
本文使用了一个新颖的身高数据集，该数据集收集自1813年至1847年魁北克市监狱的记录，用于调查当时被称为下加拿大或加拿大东部的魁北克法裔加拿大人。我们采用出生队列方法，以10年为一组，从18世纪80年代到19世纪20年代划分出生队列，发现法裔加拿大囚犯在此期间身高变矮。在整个样本期内，与美国人相比，他们身材矮小。然而，法裔加拿大人比他们在法国的亲属或拉丁美洲的居民（阿根廷人除外）更高。除了将加拿大的人体测量数据扩展到18世纪80年代外，我们还能够扩展新旧世界之间以及北美和拉丁美洲之间的比较。我们强调了关键的结构性经济变化和冲击，并讨论了它们对人体测量数据可能产生的影响。
