Replication Data for Nineteenth-Century U.S. Height Trends Study

The replication package for a published study on sample-selection bias and height trends in the nineteenth-century United States. It was created by Ariell Zimran for the Journal of Economic History. The specific row count, column count, and data structure are not provided in the input.

Use Cases

• Replicate the econometric analysis of height trends using the study's original data and methodology.
• Investigate sample-selection bias mechanisms described in the associated published paper.
• Analyze historical anthropometric data from the nineteenth-century United States for demographic research.

Strengths

• Directly supports replication of a peer-reviewed study published in the Journal of Economic History.
• The associated metadata was last updated on February 27, 2026, indicating recent maintenance.

Limitations

• The input provides no information on the dataset's size, variables, or structure, limiting initial assessment.
• As a replication package, the data's utility is intrinsically linked to the specific research question of the original study.

Provenance

Source

Ariell Zimran, via ICPSR Harvested Dataverse.

Collection Method

Created as a replication package for a published academic study.

Time Range

Nineteenth-century United States.

Freshness

The metadata record was last updated on 2026-02-27.

Geography

United States.