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Living Conditions in Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana and Western Africa 1925-1985: What do Survey Data on Height Stature tell us?

dc.contributor.authorRouanet, Léa
dc.contributor.authorCogneau, Denis
HAL ID: 743084
ORCID: 0000-0002-4355-2150
dc.date.accessioned2010-06-08T15:24:07Z
dc.date.available2010-06-08T15:24:07Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.identifier.urihttps://basepub.dauphine.fr/handle/123456789/4300
dc.language.isoenen
dc.subjectAnthropometryen
dc.subjectAnthropométrieen
dc.subjectAfrique de l'Ouesten
dc.subjectHistoire économiqueen
dc.subjectWest Africaen
dc.subjectEconomic Historyen
dc.subject.ddc330.9en
dc.subject.classificationjelN3en
dc.subject.classificationjelO1en
dc.titleLiving Conditions in Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana and Western Africa 1925-1985: What do Survey Data on Height Stature tell us?en
dc.typeArticle accepté pour publication ou publié
dc.description.abstractenSurvey data reveals that the pace of increase in height stature experienced by successive cohorts born in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana during the late colonial period (1925–1960) is almost as high as the pace observed in France and Great Britain during the period 1875 to 1975, even when correcting for the bias arising from old-age shrinking. By contrast, the early post-colonial period (1960–1985) is characterised by stagnation or even reversion in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana. This article argues that the selection effects linked for instance to measuring the height of women rather than men, mothers rather than women, and, most importantly, the interactions between height and mortality, cannot account for these figures. It then disaggregates these national trends by parental background and district of birth, and match individual data with district-level historical data on export crop (cocoa) expansion, urban density and colonial investment in health and education. Finally, it provides evidence that a significant share of the increase in height stature may be related to the early stages of urbanisation and cocoa production.
dc.relation.isversionofjnlnameEconomic History of Developing Regions
dc.relation.isversionofjnlvol26
dc.relation.isversionofjnlissue2
dc.relation.isversionofjnldate2011
dc.relation.isversionofjnlpages55-82
dc.relation.isversionofdoihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20780389.2011.625240
dc.description.sponsorshipprivateouien
dc.relation.isversionofjnlpublisherTaylor & Francis
dc.subject.ddclabelConditions et conjonctures économiquesen


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