TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Gazeley, Ian
AU  - Newell, Andrew T.
AU  - Bezabih, Mintewab
        TI  - The Transformation of Hunger Revisited
        PY  - 2013/Mar/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 7275
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp7275
        AB  - We examine Trevon Logan's 2009 claim to have found low levels of nutrition among British worker's households in the late 19th century. Using the same data, we conclude that Logan's estimates are thirty percent too low. Logan buttressed his estimates by claiming that the income elasticity of calories demand was unusually high among these households, relative to other estimates, reflecting great hunger. We find that the elasticity is high, but not outside the range observed in other data sets. We also warn against the simple assertion that a high elasticity implies hunger.
        KW  - Britain
KW  - late 19th century
KW  - worker's households
KW  - living standards
KW  - nutrition
        ER  -