Paper #1002

Title:

The evolution of adult height in Europe: A brief note

Authors:

Jaume Garcia Villar and Climent Quintana-Domeque

Date:

December 2006 (Revised: February 2007)

Abstract:

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).

Keywords:

Europe, height, ECHP

JEL codes:

I31, J11

Published in:

Economics and Human Biology
With the title:
Vol. 5, 2007, pp. 340-349

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