The evolution of adult height in Europe: A brief note

Jaume Garcia Villar and Climent Quintana-Domeque

Economics Working Papers from Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

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

Keywords: Europe; height; ECHP (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I31 J11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006-12, Revised 2007-02
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