A Tall Story: Characteristics, Causes, and Consequences of Stature Loss
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- Alan Fernihough & McGovern, Mark E., 2015. "Physical Stature Decline and the Health Status of the Elderly Population in England," Working Paper 143351, Harvard University OpenScholar.
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Keywords
Height; Stature Loss; Early Life Conditions; Health; Aging;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I10 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - General
- I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior
- J11 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Demographic Trends, Macroeconomic Effects, and Forecasts
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AGE-2013-06-24 (Economics of Ageing)
- NEP-DEM-2013-06-24 (Demographic Economics)
- NEP-HIS-2013-06-24 (Business, Economic and Financial History)
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