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Early-life environment and adult stature in Brazil: An analysis for cohorts born between 1950 and 1980
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We study the relationship between environmental conditions at birth (GDP per capita and infant mortality rate) and adult stature using cohort-state level data in Brazil for the period 1950-1980. We find that GDP per capita, whose annual percentage growth rate was 4.8% during this period, not infant mortality rate, is a robust correlate of population stature in Brazil. Our results are robust to a battery of robustness checks. Using a useful bracketing property of the (state) fixed effects and ...
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- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1016/j.ehb.2014.07.001
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- Elsevier Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Economics and Human Biology Journal website
- Volume:
- 15
- Pages:
- 67-80
- Publication date:
- 2014-07-01
- Acceptance date:
- 2014-07-07
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1570-677X
- Source identifiers:
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613039
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- pubs:613039
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- Elsevier
- Copyright date:
- 2014
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- © 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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