The Rise and Fall of Pellagra in the American South
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5753316 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Karen Clay (0000-0003-3978-6656, National Bureau of Economic Research), Ethan Schmick (0000-0003-2925-8446, Washington and Jefferson College), Werner Troesken (National Bureau of Economic Research) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 79 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 32-62 |
| Publication date | 2019-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Economic History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0507 • E-ISSN: 1471-6372 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0022050718000700 |
| OpenAlex | W3121275412 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 36 |
Focusing on the first half of the twentieth century, we explore the rise and fall of pellagra (a disease caused by inadequate niacin consumption) in the American South. We first consider the hypothesis that the South's monoculture in cotton undermined nutrition by displacing local food production. Consistent with this hypothesis, a difference in differences estimation shows that after the arrival of the boll weevil, food production in affected counties rose while cotton production and pellagra rates fell. The results also suggest that after 1937 improved medical understanding and state fortification laws helped eliminate pellagra
Agricultural economics · Agronomy · Biology · Boll weevil · Consumption (sociology) · Economics · Environmental health · Niacin · Pellagra · Social science · Sociology · Dermatology · Economics of Agriculture and Food Markets · Endocrinology · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · Medicine
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| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,43 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2025 (7) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |