Chanda, Areendam; Craig, Lee A.; Treme, Julianne - In: Cliometrica, Journal of Historical Economics and … 2 (2008) 1, pp. 19-48
Standard economic indicators suggest that the USA experienced long-run economic growth throughout the nineteenth century. However, biological indicators, including human stature, offer a different picture, rising early in the century, falling (on average) mid-century, and rising again at the end...