Big and tall parents do not have more sons

Kevin Denny

Open Access publications from School of Economics, University College Dublin

Abstract: In a 2005 paper Kanezawa proposed a generalisation of the classic Trivers- Willard hypothesis. It was argued that as a result taller and heavier parents should have more sons relative to daughters. Using two British cohort studies, evidence was presented which was partly consistent with the hypothesis. I analyse the relationship between an individual being male and their parents’ height and weight using one of the datasets. No evidence of any such relationship is found.

Keywords: Parent and child; Parents--Physiology; Human reproduction--Physiological aspects (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008-02
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