Salvatore Ricardo
Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Departamento de Estudios Historicos y Sociales, Buenos Aires (CABA), C1428, Argentina.
Econ Hum Biol. 2019 Aug;34:92-102. doi: 10.1016/j.ehb.2019.01.007. Epub 2019 Feb 25.
As a way to contribute to the debate on social inequality, poverty, and well-being in Argentina's long-term development, this article presents new evidence on the stature of prisoners in Buenos Aires province, the richest province in the Pampa region. The evidence shows very modest gains in the stature of prisoners for the period 1885-1939. This finding clearly indicates the persistence of early childhood malnutrition and poor health among families of the working-poor in the small towns of Buenos Aires province. Five decades of modest stature growth underscores the limitation of state policies of education, sanitation, and social reform in elevating the health and nutrition conditions of the working-poor. At the heart of the pampas, in the context of a successful food exporting economy, a working-class population cursed by the combination of low human capital and social vulnerability failed to attained a substantial improvement in their biological wellbeing.
作为对阿根廷长期发展中社会不平等、贫困和福祉辩论的一种贡献方式，本文提供了关于潘帕斯地区最富裕省份布宜诺斯艾利斯省囚犯身高的新证据。证据显示，1885年至1939年期间囚犯身高增长非常有限。这一发现清楚地表明，布宜诺斯艾利斯省小镇上贫困工人家庭的儿童早期营养不良和健康状况不佳的情况持续存在。五十年的适度身高增长凸显了国家在教育、卫生和社会改革方面的政策在改善贫困工人健康和营养状况方面的局限性。在潘帕斯地区的中心地带，在粮食出口经济成功的背景下，受低人力资本和社会脆弱性双重困扰的工人阶级人口未能在其生物福祉方面取得实质性改善。
