The evolution of adult height in Europe: A brief note


Autoria(s): Garcia Villar, Jaume; Quintana-Domeque, Climent
Contribuinte(s)

Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Departament d'Economia i Empresa

Data(s)

02/04/2007

Resumo

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

Identificador

http://hdl.handle.net/10230/482

Idioma(s)

eng

Direitos

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Palavras-Chave #europe #height #echp
Tipo

info:eu-repo/semantics/workingPaper