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A secular trend toward earlier male maturity: evidence from shifting ages of young adult mortality

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  • Joshua R. Goldstein

    (Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany)

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This paper shows new evidence of a steady long-term decline in age of male sexual maturity since at least the mid-eighteenth century. A method for measuring the timing of male maturity is developed based on the age at which male young adult mortality accelerates. The method is applied to mortality data from Sweden, Denmark, Norway, the United Kingdom, and Italy. The secular trend toward earlier male sexual maturity parallels the trend toward earlier menarche for females, suggesting that common environmental cues influence the speed of both males’ and females’ sexual maturation.

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  • Joshua R. Goldstein, 2010. "A secular trend toward earlier male maturity: evidence from shifting ages of young adult mortality," MPIDR Working Papers WP-2010-022, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany.
    • Handle: RePEc:dem:wpaper:wp-2010-022
    DOI: 10.4054/MPIDR-WP-2010-022
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    1. Carlo Giovanni Camarda, 2019. "Smooth constrained mortality forecasting," Demographic Research, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany, vol. 41(38), pages 1091-1130.

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    • J1 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics
    • Z0 - Other Special Topics - - General

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