Reassessing the Standard of Living in the Soviet Union: An Analysis Using Archival and Anthropometric Data
利用人体测量和档案数据重新评估苏联的生活水平，发现战前人口身材矮小且受政治经济动荡影响，1945-1970年间儿童身高、成人身高和婴儿死亡率显著改善，之后停滞，但整体表现优于同期同等发展水平的欧洲国家。
This article uses anthropometric and archival data to reassess the standard of living in the Soviet Union. In the prewar period, the population was small in stature and sensitive to the political and economic upheavals experienced in the country. Significant improvements in child height, adult stature, and infant mortality were recorded from approximately 1945 to 1970. While this period of physical growth was followed by stagnation in heights, the physical growth record of the Soviet population compares favorably with that of other European countries at a similar level of development in this period.