Numeracy and the Impact of High Food Prices in Industrializing Britain, 1780-1850

Jörg Baten; Dorothee Crayen; Hans-Joachim Voth

doi:10.1162/REST_a_00403

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Numeracy and the Impact of High Food Prices in Industrializing Britain, 1780-1850

Jörg Baten, Dorothee Crayen, Hans-Joachim Voth

Review of Economics and Statistics 96(3), pp. 418-430 (2014)

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Abstract

Using census-based data on the ability to recall one's age, we show that low levels of nutrition impaired numeracy in industrializing England, 1780 to 1850.

Keywords: numeracy, human capital, food prices, nutrition, Industrial Revolution
DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00403
Canonical: https://www.jvoth.com/papers/numeracy-food-prices.html

Jörg Baten, Dorothee Crayen, Hans-Joachim Voth (2014). “Numeracy and the Impact of High Food Prices in Industrializing Britain, 1780-1850.” Review of Economics and Statistics.