The Evolution of Adult Height in Europe: A Brief Note

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The Evolution of Adult Height in Europe: A Brief Note

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Jaume Garcia Villar ()
Climent Quintana-Domeque

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Climent Quintana-Domeque

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This paper presents new evidence on the evolution of adult height in 10 European countries for cohorts born between 1950 and 1980 using the European Community Household Panel (ECHP), which collects height data from Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Spain and Sweden. Our findings show a gradual increase in adult height across all countries. However, countries from Southern Europe (Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain) experienced higher gains in stature than those located in Northern Europe (Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Ireland and Sweden).

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Paper provided by Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra in its series Economics Working Papers with number 1002.

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Date of creation: Dec 2006
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Keywords: Europe; height; ECHP;

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- Garcia, Jaume & Quintana-Domeque, Climent, 2007. "The evolution of adult height in Europe: A brief note," Economics and Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 5(2), pages 340-349, July. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

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I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare and Poverty - - - General Welfare
J11 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Demographic Trends and Forecasts

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Mariano Bosch & Carlos Bozzoli & Climent Quintana, 2009. "Infant mortality, income and adult stature in Spain," Working Papers 2009-27, FEDEA. [Downloadable!]
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