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Height and Per Capita Income

Year: 1982

Type: article

Abstract: As an aid to interpreting the results of height-by-age studies this paper investigates the relationship between average height and per capita income.The relationships among income, nutrition, medical care, and height at the individual level suggest that average height is nonlinearly related to per capita income and that the distribution of income is an impo±tant determinant of average height.Empirical analysis rests on 56 height studies and per capita income estimates for 20 developed or developing countries.

Source: Historical Methods A Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History

DOI: 10.1080/01615440.1983.10594092

Author: Richard H. Steckel

Institutions: National Bureau of Economic Research, The Ohio State University

Language: English

Topic: Historical Economic and Social Studies

Subfield: Economics and Econometrics

Field: Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W1996934498

FWCI: 8.897

Cites: 32

Cited by: 235

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