Monographien (und Dissertation)
Social Science History – special issue on “Anthropometric History” (2004), with John Komlos (eds.).
Ernährung und wirtschaftliche Entwicklung in Bayern, 1730-1880. Stuttgart (1999). [Nutrition and Economic Development in Bavaria, 1730-1880, English translation in progress.]
Received the International Economic History Association Prize 2002. Received the Alumni
Dissertation price 1998.
Artikel
“Evolution of Living Standards and Human Capital in China in the 18-20th Centuries: Evidences
from Real Wages, Age-heaping, and Anthropometrics” with Debin Ma, Stephen Morgan and Qing Wang, Explorations in Economic History (forthcoming).
“Quantifying Quantitative Literacy: Age Heaping and the History of Human Capital” with Brian A’Hearn and Dorothee Crayen. Journal of Economic History 68-3 (Sept 2009, forthcoming). Older version available as CEPR Working Paper No. 7277 (2009).
“Global Trends in Numeracy 1820-1949 and its Implications for Long-Run Growth”, with Dorothee Crayen, Explorations in Economic History (forthcoming). An older version is available as CESifo Working Paper 2218.
“Foreign Direct Investment of German Companies During Globalization and ‘Deglobalization’ Periods from 1873 to 1927”, with Gerhard Kling and Kirsten Labuske, Open Economies Review (forthcoming)
"New Evidence and New Methods to Measure Human Capital Inequality before and during the Industrial Revolution: France and the U.S. in the 17th to 19th Centuries " with Dorothee Crayen, Economic History Review (forthcoming)
“Trends of Children’s Height and Parental Unemployment: A Large-Scale Anthropometric Study on Eastern Germany, 1994-2006.”, with Andreas Böhm, German Economic Review (forthcoming).
„The Anthropometric History of Brazil, Lima (Peru), and Argentina during the 19th – 20th Centuries” (with Ines Pelger and Linda Twrdek), Economics and Human Biology (forthcoming 2009)
“Protein Supply and Nutritional Status in Nineteenth Century Bavaria, Prussia and France”, Economics and Human Biology (forthcoming Spring 2009).
"Tall and Shrinking Muslims, Short and Growing Europeans: an Anthropometric History of the Middle East, 1840-2007" with Mojgan Stegl, Explorations in Economic History 46 (2009), pp. 132-148.
“Gender Equality and Inequality in Numeracy – the Case of Latin America and the Caribbean, 1880-1949”, (with Kerstin Manzel), Revista de Historia Económica – Journal of Latin American and Iberian Economic History 27-1 (2009), pp. 37-74.
“Book Production and the Onset of Early Modern Growth”, with Jan Luiten van Zanden, Journal of Economic Growth 13-3 (2008), pp. 217-235, also older version: Universidad Pompeu Fabra Economic Working Paper No. 1030.
“Agricultural Specialization and Height in Ancient and Medieval Europe”, with Nikola Koepke, Explorations in Economic History 45 (2008), pp. 127-146.
“Anthropometric Trends in Southern China, 1830-1864”, with Sandew Hira, Australian Economic History Review 48-3 (2008) 209-226.
“Heights, Inequality, and Trade in the Latin American Periphery, 1950-2004”, with Markus Baltzer Economics and Human Biology 6-2 (2008), 191-203.
„Zahlenfaehigkeit und Zahlendisziplin in Nord- und Westdeutschland, 16.-18. Jahrhundert“ (with Dorothee Crayen and Kerstin Manzel), in Jahrbuch fuer Wirtschaftsgeschichte (2008), 217-229 [Numeracy and Number Discipline in Northern and Western Germany, 16th-18th Centuries]
“What made southwest German firms innovative around 1900? Assessing the importance of intra- and inter-industry externalities,” with Anna Spadavecchia, Jochen Streb, Shuxi Yin, Oxford Economic Papers 59-1 (2007), supplementary issue, pp. i105-i126.
“The Development and Inequality of Heights in North, West and East India, 1915-44”, with Aravinda Meera Guntupalli, Explorations in Economic History (2006) 43, iss. 4, pp. 578-608.
“Technological and Geographical Knowledge Spill-overs in the German Empire 1877-1918,” with Jochen Streb and Shuxi Yin, Economic History Review LIX-2 (2006), pp. 347-373.
“Inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa 1950-80: New Estimates and New Results, ” with Alexander Moradi, World Development Volume 33-8 (2005), pp. 1233-1265.
"The Biological Standard of Living in Europe During the Last Two Millennia," with Nikola Koepke, in European Review of Economic History 9-1 (2005), pp. 61-95. Older version also available as working paper: Tübinger Diskussionsbeitrag Nr. 265.
“Making Profits in War-Time: Corporate Profits, Inequality, and GDP in Germany During WWI," with Rainer Schulz, in Economic History Review LVIII-1 (2005), pp. 34-56.
"Market Integration and Disintegration of Poland and Germany in the 18th Century" (with Jacek Wallusch), in Economies et Societes (2005), 39, iss. 7, pp. 1233-64, older version also available on-line as working paper: Tübinger Diskussionsbeitrag Nr. 268.
“Climate and its Impact on the Biological Standard of Living in North-East, Centre-West, and South Europe during the last 2000 Years”, with Nikola Koepke, History of Meteorology 2 (2005/06)
„Did Partial Globalization Increase Inequality? The Case of the Latin American Periphery, 1950-2000" with Uwe Fraunholz, CESifo Economic Studies 50-1 (2004), pp. 45-84.
"Looking Backward and Looking Forward: Anthropometric Research and the Development of Social Science History,” (with John Komlos), in Social Science History (2004), pp. 1-24, also as working paper: Muenchner Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Beitraege 2003-15.
"Creating Firms for a New Century: Determinants of Firm Creation in Southwest Germany c. 1900," in European Review of Economic History 7-3 (2003), pp. 301-329.
"Autarky, Market Disintegration, and Health: The Mortality and Nutritional Crisis in Nazi Germany 1933-37", with Andrea Wagner," in Economics and Human Biology 1-1 (2003), pp. 1-28.
"Mangelernährung, Krankheit und Sterblichkeit im NS-Aufschwung, 1933-37," with Andrea Wagner, in Jahrbuch fuer Wirtschaftsgeschichte 2003-2, pp. 99-123. [Malnutrition, Disease and Mortality during the Nazi Recovery]
"Climate, Grain Production and Nutritional Status in 18th Century Southern Germany" in Journal of European Economic History 30-1 (2002), pp. 9-47.
"Heights of Men and Women in Nineteenth Century Bavaria: Economic, Nutritional, and Disease Influences," with John Murray, in Explorations in Economic History 37 (2000), pp. 351-369.
"Economic Development and the Distribution of Nutritional Resources in Bavaria, 1797-1839," in Journal of Income Distribution 9 (2000), pp. 89-106
"Height and Real Wages: An International Comparison," in Jahrbuch fuer Wirtschaftsgeschichte 2000-1, pp. 17-32.
"Smallpox and Nutritional Status in England, 1770-1873: On the Difficulties of Estimating Historical Heights", with Markus Heintel, Economic History Review 51-2 (1998), pp. 360-371.
"Women's Stature and Marriage Markets in Pre-Industrial Bavaria", with John Murray, Journal of Family History 23-2 (1998), pp. 124-135
"Height and the Standard of Living", with John Komlos (a review essay), Journal of Economic History 57, No. 3 (1998), pp. 866-870.
"Biologischer Lebensstandard und wirtschaftliche Entwicklung: Anthropometrische Indikatoren, Ernaehrung, Gesundheit und Wohlfahrt in historischer Perspektive" Jahrbuch fuer Wirtschaftsgeschichte 1997-2, pp. 219-226. [Biological Standard of Living and Economic Development: Anthropometric Indicators, Nutrition, Health, and Welfare in Historical Perspective]
"Bastardy in Southern Germany Revisited: An Anthropometric Synthesis", with John Murray, Journal of Interdisciplinary History 28-1 (1997), pp. 47-56.
"Der Einfluß von regionalen Wirtschaftsstrukturen auf den biologischen Lebensstandard. Eine anthropometrische Studie zur bayerischen Wirtschaftsgeschichte im frühen 19. Jahrhundert," Vierteljahresschrift fuer Sozial- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte 83 (1996), No. 2, pp. 180-213. [Regional Economic Structure and Biological Standard of Living in Bavaria, Early 19th Century]
"Der Einfluß von Einkommensverteilung und Milchproduktion auf die regionalen Unterschiede des Ernährungsstandards in Preussen um die Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts: Ein anthropometrischer Diskussionsbeitrag", Archiv für Sozialgeschichte 36 (1996), pp. 69-83. [Income Distribution, Milk Production and Heights in Prussia]
"Zum Problem der Verteilungen mit Shortfall bei der Nutzung des Indikators 'Durchschnittliche Körpergröße'," with Markus Heintel, Historical Social Research Vol. 16 (1995), No. 4, pp. 135-155. [Height Distributions with Shortfall]
"Regionale Wirtschaftsentwicklung, öffentliche Elektrizitätswirtschaft und Erster Weltkrieg in Baden und Württemberg: Ein quantitativ-graphischer Vergleich," Historical Social Research Vol. 16 (1991), No. 3, pp. 69-112. [Regional Economic Development, Electric Utilities, and the First World War in Southwest Germany]
Herausgeberschaften und Editionen
The Biological Standard of Living in Comparative Perspective, with John Komlos (eds.). Stuttgart 1998.
Wirtschaftsstruktur und Ernaehrungslage 1750-1850, with Markus A. Denzel (eds.), St. Katharinen: Scripta Mercaturae Verlag, 1997. [Economic Structure and Nutritional Status]