Height and standard of living in Puerto Rico from the Spanish enlightenment to annexation by the United States, 1770–1924
利用6000份囚犯记录构建了波多黎各男性成年身高的首个序列，发现生活水平严重依赖糖价波动，导致物质福利持续恶化，仅1860–1880年间有所改善，并量化了1898年美国吞并的短期负面影响。
This preliminary work presents a first series of heights of male adults in Puerto Rico. The sample, made up of 6000 prisoner records. the estimates were systematically assessed for selectivity, and we find that selectivity is quite negligible for the main results. The text studies the extreme dependence of the standard of living on the evolution of the price of sugar, a dependence which caused the progressive deterioration of material well-being in the country. Only between 1860 and 1880 did Puerto Ricans enjoy some improvement and a higher level of height. We measures the negative short-term effects of the 1898 annexation Puerto Rico by the United States. • Height data for Puerto Rico from the end of 18th century to the beginning of the 20th. • Figures on literacy and numeracy. • Influence of the sugar price in welfare population in Caribbean societies. • Efficiency of the political and social policies of the US and Spain on Puerto Ricans welfare. • Racial inequality.