The Age at Menarche in Vienna: the Relationship between Nutrition and Fertility

John Komlos

Articles by John Komlos from Department of Economics, University of Munich

Abstract: Finds a negative relationship between the onset of menarche and the age of first birth. Argues that better nourished girls experienced menarche earlier, and that can be a link between nutrition and fertility.

Keywords: nutrition; fertility (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I12 J13 N33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Published in Historical Methods, 1989, 22, 158-163

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