Paper #1002

Título:

The evolution of adult height in Europe: A brief note

Autores:

Jaume Garcia Villar y Climent Quintana-Domeque

Fecha:

Diciembre 2006

Resumen:

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).

Palabras clave:

Europe, height, ECHP

Códigos JEL:

I31, J11

Publicado en:

Economics and Human Biology
Con el título:
Vol. 5, 2007, pp. 340-349

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