Height and living standards in North Korea, 1930s-1980s
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3499503 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sunyoung Pak (0000-0003-1532-8546, Seoul National University), Daniel Schwekendiek (0000-0001-9174-8812, Seoul National University), Hee Kyoung Kim (Seoul National University) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 64 |
| Issue | s1 |
| Pages | 142-158 |
| Publication date | 2011-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Economic History Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-0117 • E-ISSN: 1468-0289 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1468-0289.2009.00509.x |
| OpenAlex | W2132641818 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 24 |
| References cited | 15 |
The adult stature of 6,512 North Korean refugees born from the 1930s to the 1980s was employed as an indicator of living standards in North Korea. The height of North Koreans born before the division of the Korean Peninsula exceeded that of their South Korean peers. All North Korean cohorts born thereafter were shorter than their South Korean counterparts. North Koreans did not experience a meaningful secular increase in height during 60 years of communism. A consistent and positive effect of about 1-2 cm for high educational status was found when height was regressed on birth decades, education, regional origin, and occupation
Archaeology · Communism · Geography · Peninsula · Political science · Secular variation · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Standard of living · Demography · Korean Peninsula Historical and Political Studies
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| Unique citing works | 24 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,41 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2024 (16) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 18 |