Scott Alan Carson

University of Texas of the Permian Basin

4901 East University

Odessa, TX 79762

United States

CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)

Poschinger Str. 5

Munich, DE-81679

Germany

  • University of Texas of the Permian Basin

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

57

DOWNLOADS
Rank 26,271

SSRN RANKINGS

Top 26,271

in Total Papers Downloads

3,394

SSRN CITATIONS
Rank 14,832

SSRN RANKINGS

Top 14,832

in Total Papers Citations

40

CROSSREF CITATIONS

51

Scholarly Papers (57)

Actions:
Email selected abstracts
1.

US Male Obesity from 1800-2000: A Long Term Perspective

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 4366
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 30 Aug 2013
Scott Alan Carson
University of Texas of the Permian Basin
Downloads 1,008 (39,176)

Abstract:

Loading...

BMIs, US obesity epidemic, long-term health, obesity by race

2.

African-American and White Living Standards in the 19th Century American South: A Biological Comparison

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 1696
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 24 Apr 2006
Scott Alan Carson
University of Texas of the Permian Basin
Downloads 207 (250,909)
Citation 4

Abstract:

Loading...

3.

Health, Wealth and Inequality: A Contribution to the Debate About the Relationship between Inequality and Health

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2256
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 19 Mar 2008
Scott Alan Carson
University of Texas of the Permian Basin
Downloads 139 (352,684)
Citation 8

Abstract:

Loading...

4.

Slave Prices, Geography and Insolation in 19th Century African-American Stature

CESifo Working Paper No. 2105
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 02 Oct 2007
Scott Alan Carson
University of Texas of the Permian Basin
Downloads 112 (414,512)

Abstract:

Loading...

nineteenth century, African-American stature, slave prices, insolation, vitamin D

5.

African-American and White Inequality in the American South: Evidence from the 19th Century Missouri State Prison

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 1954
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 18 Apr 2007
Scott Alan Carson
University of Texas of the Permian Basin
Downloads 97 (458,383)
Citation 2

Abstract:

Loading...

6.

Health During Industrialization: Evidence from the 19th Century Pennsylvania State Prison System

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 1975
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 11 May 2007
Scott Alan Carson
University of Texas of the Permian Basin
Downloads 74 (540,398)
Citation 3

Abstract:

Loading...

7.

Living Standards in Black and White: Evidence from the Heights of Ohio Prison Inmates, 1829 - 1913

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 1775
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 18 Aug 2006
Scott Alan Carson and Thomas Maloney
University of Texas of the Permian Basin and University of Utah - College of Social & Behavioral Sciences - Department of Economics
Downloads 67 (570,290)

Abstract:

Loading...

8.

Black and White Labor Market Outcomes in the 19th Century American South

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2079
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 15 Aug 2007
Scott Alan Carson
University of Texas of the Permian Basin
Downloads 66 (574,731)

Abstract:

Loading...

19th century US labor markets, labor force participation, stature and BMI

9.

A Quantile Approach to the Relationship between Body Mass, Wealth, and Inequality

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3288
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 12 Jan 2011
Scott Alan Carson
University of Texas of the Permian Basin
Downloads 65 (579,327)
Citation 2

Abstract:

Loading...

BMI, wealth, inequality, and race

10.

Geography and Insolation in 19th Century US African-American and White Statures

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2229
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 26 Feb 2008
Scott Alan Carson
University of Texas of the Permian Basin
Downloads 64 (583,872)
Citation 2

Abstract:

Loading...

nineteenth century, African-American and white stature, insolation

11.

Nineteenth Century White Physical Activity and Calories: Socioeconomic Status and Diets

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 4886
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 23 Jul 2014
Scott Alan Carson
University of Texas of the Permian Basin
Downloads 59 (607,849)

Abstract:

Loading...

nineteenth century US diets, physical activity, nutrition

12.

Nineteenth Century US African-American and White Female Statures: Insight from US Prison Records

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3169
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 21 Sep 2010
Scott Alan Carson
University of Texas of the Permian Basin
Downloads 58 (613,026)

Abstract:

Loading...

Nineteenth Century US Black and White Female Statures

13.

Nineteenth Century Stature and Family Size: Binding Constraint or Productive Labor Force?

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2999
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 06 Apr 2010
Scott Alan Carson
University of Texas of the Permian Basin
Downloads 57 (618,189)
Citation 2

Abstract:

Loading...

family economics, stature, wealth, inequality, insolation, vitamin D

14.

Modern Health Standards for Peoples of the Past: Biological Conditions by Race in the American South, 1873 - 1919

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 1879
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 12 Jan 2007
Scott Alan Carson
University of Texas of the Permian Basin
Downloads 55 (628,556)

Abstract:

Loading...

15.

Racial Differences in Body-Mass Indices for Men Imprisoned in 19th Century US Prisons: A Multinomial Approach

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3016
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 21 Apr 2010
Scott Alan Carson
University of Texas of the Permian Basin
Downloads 51 (650,533)
Citation 2

Abstract:

Loading...

body mass index, 19th century American health, racial disparity

16.

Nineteenth Century Black and White US Statures: The Primary Sources of Vitamin D and Their Relationship with Height

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2497
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 12 Dec 2008
Scott Alan Carson
University of Texas of the Permian Basin
Downloads 49 (661,773)
Citation 3

Abstract:

Loading...

socioeconomic status, vitamin D, insolation, 19th century US statures

17.

In Support of the Turner Hypothesis for the 19th Century American West: A Biological Response to Recent Criticisms

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6969
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 30 May 2018
Scott Alan Carson
University of Texas of the Permian Basin
Downloads 47 (673,607)

Abstract:

Loading...

nineteenth century black and white stature variation, urbanization, US Central Plains

18.

Nineteenth Century US Black and White Physical Activity and Nutritional Trends Among the Working Class

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3890
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 22 Aug 2012
Scott Alan Carson
University of Texas of the Permian Basin
Downloads 46 (679,620)

Abstract:

Loading...

nutrition, energy accounting, basal metabolic rate, US economic development

19.

Female and Male Body Mass, Height, and Weight During US Economics Development

CESifo Working Paper No. 8447
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 28 Jul 2020
Scott Alan Carson
University of Texas of the Permian Basin
Downloads 42 (704,917)

Abstract:

Loading...

BMI variation, stature, economic transition, Oaxaca Decompositions

20.

Geography, Insolation and Institutional Change in 19th Century African-American and White Stature in Southern States

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2434
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 28 Oct 2008
Scott Alan Carson
University of Texas of the Permian Basin
Downloads 42 (704,917)

Abstract:

Loading...

nineteenth century Southern black and white statures, insolation, vitamin D

21.

Statures, BMIs, and Weight: A Reassessment

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 4540
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 14 Jan 2014
Scott Alan Carson
University of Texas of the Permian Basin
Downloads 41 (711,713)

Abstract:

Loading...

anthropometrics, nineteenth century US weights, net nutrition, health

22.

Demographic, Residential, and Socioeconomic Effects on the Distribution of 19th Century African-American Body Mass Index Values

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3338
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 08 Feb 2011
Scott Alan Carson
University of Texas of the Permian Basin
Downloads 41 (711,713)
Citation 1

Abstract:

Loading...

nineteenth century U.S. economic development, body mass index, 19th century race relations

23.

The Relationship between Stature and Insolation: Evidence from Soldiers and Prisoners

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2850
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 19 Nov 2009
Scott Alan Carson
University of Texas of the Permian Basin
Downloads 41 (711,713)

Abstract:

Loading...

stature, insolation vitamin D

24.

Obesity in Black and White: Accounting for 19th Century US BMI Differences by Socioeconomic Status and Biology

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3913
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 03 Sep 2012
Scott Alan Carson
University of Texas of the Permian Basin
Downloads 40 (718,509)

Abstract:

Loading...

nineteenth century US race relations, body mass index, biological inequality

25.

The Weight of Inequality: Variation with Industrialization and Wealth

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 5629
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 22 Dec 2015
Scott Alan Carson
University of Texas of the Permian Basin
Downloads 38 (732,297)

Abstract:

Loading...

weight, current net nutrition, wealth, inequality

26.

Demographic, Residential, and Socioeconomic Effects on the Distribution of 19th Century U.S. White Statures

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2563
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 26 Feb 2009
Scott Alan Carson
University of Texas of the Permian Basin
Downloads 38 (732,297)

Abstract:

Loading...

19th US white statures, vitamin D, solar radiation, quantile regression

27.

Demographic, Residential, and Socioeconomic Effects on the Distribution of 19th Century African-American Stature

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2479
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 03 Dec 2008
Scott Alan Carson
University of Texas of the Permian Basin
Downloads 38 (732,297)

Abstract:

Loading...

19th century African-American stature, insolation, quantile regression

28.

A Female-Male Net Nutrition Comparison Using Differences-in-Decompositions: Late 19th and Early 20th Century Social Feminism and Women's Suffrage

CESifo Working Paper No. 8037
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 23 Jan 2020
Scott Alan Carson
University of Texas of the Permian Basin
Downloads 37 (739,313)

Abstract:

Loading...

BMI variation, economic transitions Oaxaca decompositions

29.

Partially Adaptive Econometric Methods and the Modern Obesity Epidemic

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 7058
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 21 Jul 2018
Scott Alan Carson and James McDonald
University of Texas of the Permian Basin and Brigham Young University
Downloads 37 (739,313)

Abstract:

Loading...

obesity epidemic, partially adaptive estimation, skewed generalized T distribution

30.

Modern Body Mass Index Values, Marital Status, and Household Size: 1980s to the Present

CESifo Working Paper No. 7638
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 23 Jul 2019
Scott Alan Carson
University of Texas of the Permian Basin
Downloads 36 (746,532)

Abstract:

Loading...

family structure, obesity, marital status, net nutrition

31.

The Lasting Effects of Maternal Net Nutrition During US Economic Development

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 5827
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 21 Apr 2016
Scott Alan Carson
University of Texas of the Permian Basin
Downloads 36 (746,532)

Abstract:

Loading...

late 19th and early 20th century women’s BMIs, ethnicity and BMI, women’s health during economic development

32.

Mexican and Hispanic Net Nutrition in the 19th Century American West

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 5571
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 20 Nov 2015
Scott Alan Carson
University of Texas of the Permian Basin
Downloads 35 (753,748)

Abstract:

Loading...

anthropometrics, nineteenth century US weights, net nutrition, health

33.

Late 19th and Early 20th Century Native and Immigrant Body Mass Index Values

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6771
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 27 Jan 2018
Scott Alan Carson
University of Texas of the Permian Basin
Downloads 34 (761,146)
Citation 3

Abstract:

Loading...

Nineteenth Century US Health, Immigrant Health, BMI, Malnourishment, Obesity

34.

Demographic, Residential, and Socioeconomic Effects on the Distribution of 19th Century White Body Mass Index Values

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3383
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 29 Mar 2011
Scott Alan Carson
University of Texas of the Permian Basin
Downloads 34 (761,146)
Citation 2

Abstract:

Loading...

body mass index, 19th century race relations

35.

Nineteenth Century Weight in the United States: Revaluating Net Nutrition During Economic Development

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 5499
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 06 Oct 2015
Scott Alan Carson
University of Texas of the Permian Basin
Downloads 33 (768,696)

Abstract:

Loading...

weight, biological measurements, 19th century health, quantile estimation

36.

Nineteenth Century Black and Mulatto Physical Activity, Calories, and Life Expectancy

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 4899
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 14 Aug 2014
Scott Alan Carson
University of Texas of the Permian Basin
Downloads 33 (768,696)

Abstract:

Loading...

nineteenth century US race relations, nutrition, physical activity, life expectancy

37.

Black and White Body Mass Index Values in Developing 19th Century Nebraska

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 4268
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 18 Jun 2013
Scott Alan Carson
University of Texas of the Permian Basin
Downloads 33 (768,696)

Abstract:

Loading...

19th century Nebraska, industrialization, BMIs

38.

Nineteenth Century US BMIs by Race: Socioeconomics and Biology

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3971
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 31 Oct 2012
Scott Alan Carson
University of Texas of the Permian Basin
Downloads 32 (776,450)

Abstract:

Loading...

Nineteenth century US race relations, body mass index, biological inequality

39.

Nineteenth Century Biological Conditions on the High Central Plains

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3807
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 07 May 2012
Scott Alan Carson
University of Texas of the Permian Basin
Downloads 31 (784,194)

Abstract:

Loading...

agricultural development, black and white biological conditions

40.

Frederick Jackson Turner and the Westward Expanse: Changing Net Nutrition with Economic Development

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 5869
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 19 May 2016
Scott Alan Carson
University of Texas of the Permian Basin
Downloads 27 (816,494)

Abstract:

Loading...

nineteenth century black and white stature variation, urbanization, US Central Plains

41.

Biological Differences between Late 19th and Early 20th Century Urban and Rural Residence

CESifo Working Paper No. 8523
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 28 Aug 2020
Scott Alan Carson
University of Texas of the Permian Basin
Downloads 24 (842,475)

Abstract:

Loading...

urbanization, stature variation, cumulative net nutrition, nativity, race

42.

Changing Current Net Nutrition with Weight as a Measure of Net Nutritional Change with the Transition from Bound to Free Labor: A Difference-in-Decompositions Approach

CESifo Working Paper No. 7502
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 21 Feb 2019
Scott Alan Carson
University of Texas of the Permian Basin
Downloads 24 (842,475)
Citation 2

Abstract:

Loading...

weight variation, current net nutrition, Oaxaca decomposition

43.

Assessing Cumulative Net Nutrition and the Transition from 19th Century Bound to Free-Labor by Ethnic Status

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6813
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 21 Feb 2018
Scott Alan Carson
University of Texas of the Permian Basin
Downloads 24 (842,475)

Abstract:

Loading...

stature variation, cumulative net nutrition, Oaxaca decomposition

44.

Nineteenth and Early 20th Century Physical Activity and Calories by Gender and Race

CESifo Working Paper No. 10140
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 21 Dec 2022
Scott Alan Carson
University of Texas of the Permian Basin
Downloads 23 (851,388)

Abstract:

Loading...

net nutrition, 19th and 20th century gender relations, 19th and 20th century race relations

45.

The Changing Antebellum Period Through Early 20th Century Net Nutrition between Male and Females: A Difference-in-Decompositions within and Across Group Comparison

CESifo Working Paper No. 9402
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 12 Nov 2021
Scott Alan Carson
University of Texas of the Permian Basin
Downloads 23 (851,388)

Abstract:

Loading...

nutrition transition by gender, stature by gender, economic transitions

46.

Body Weight and United States Economic Development, 1840-1940

CESifo Working Paper No. 7573
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 05 Apr 2019
Scott Alan Carson
University of Texas of the Permian Basin
Downloads 23 (851,388)
Citation 1

Abstract:

Loading...

weight, 19th century current net nutrition, US race relations

47.

Nineteenth Century Body Mass, Height, and Weight: Inequality Across Quantiles

CESifo Working Paper No. 9135
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 11 Jun 2021
Scott Alan Carson
University of Texas of the Permian Basin
Downloads 22 (860,469)

Abstract:

Loading...

48.

The 19th Century Net Nutrition Transition from Free to Bound Labor: A Difference-in-Decompositions Approach

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6932
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 08 May 2018
Scott Alan Carson
University of Texas of the Permian Basin
Downloads 21 (869,901)

Abstract:

Loading...

BMI variation, current net nutrition, Oaxaca decomposition

49.

Equity, Commodity, and Distillate Risk for Oil Upstream Producers and Downstream Consumers

CESifo Working Paper No. 10426
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 23 May 2023
Scott Alan Carson
University of Texas of the Permian Basin
Downloads 20 (879,226)

Abstract:

Loading...

oil and gas, air transportation, ground freight, railroads, tire manufacturing

50.

Omitting the Obvious: Cohort Effects in 19th and 20th Century BMI Variation

CESifo Working Paper No. 8817
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 20 Jan 2021
Scott Alan Carson
University of Texas of the Permian Basin
Downloads 19 (888,740)

Abstract:

Loading...

51.

Diesel, Conventional Gas, Jet Fuel, and Natural Gas Equity and Commodity Project Risk Across the Oil and Gas Industry

CESifo Working Paper No. 10125
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 14 Dec 2022
Scott Alan Carson
University of Texas of the Permian Basin
Downloads 13 (948,165)

Abstract:

Loading...

oil and gas asset pricing models, book to market, size, oil and gas sector

52.

International Migration and Net Nutrition in the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries: Evidence from Prison Records

CESifo Working Paper No. 9411
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 12 Nov 2021
Scott Alan Carson
University of Texas of the Permian Basin
Downloads 12 (958,045)

Abstract:

Loading...

nineteenth century US health, immigrant health, BMI, malnourishment

53.

Late 19th and Early 20th Century Urban Net Nutrition by Gender and Race

CESifo Working Paper No. 10703
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 25 Oct 2023
Scott Alan Carson
University of Texas of the Permian Basin
Downloads 11 (967,895)

Abstract:

Loading...

urbanization, stature variation, cumulative net nutrition, nativity, race

54.

Female and Male Calories Across the 19th and Early 20th Century Distributions Using Quantile Regression

CESifo Working Paper No. 10051
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 03 Nov 2022
Scott Alan Carson
University of Texas of the Permian Basin
Downloads 11 (967,895)

Abstract:

Loading...

nineteenth and 20th century US gender relations, net nutrition, physical activity, nineteenth and 20th century US race relations

55.

Partially Adaptive Econometric Methods and Vertically Integrated Majors in the Oil and Gas Industry

CESifo Working Paper No. 10733
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 03 Nov 2023
Scott Alan Carson and Wael M. Al-Sawai
University of Texas of the Permian Basin and Lamar University
Downloads 4 (1,025,588)

Abstract:

Loading...

partially adaptive regression models, oil and gas industry, Integrated Majors, vertical integration

56.

Mexican Body Mass Index Values in the Late-19th-Century American West

Economics & Human Biology, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 37-47, March 2007
Posted: 15 Mar 2007
Scott Alan Carson
University of Texas of the Permian Basin

Abstract:

Loading...

Nineteenth-century Mexico, Anthropometrics, Body mass index

57.

The Biological Standard of Living in 19th Century Mexico and in the American West

Economics and Human Biology, Vol. 3, No. 3, pp. 405-419, 2005
Posted: 23 Mar 2006
Scott Alan Carson
University of Texas of the Permian Basin

Abstract:

Loading...

Physical stature, Anthropometric history, Mexico, American West, Height, Biological standard of living, USA