inter-state migrants within India consume fewer calories per Rupee of food expenditure compared to their non …

willingness to take risks is negatively related to age and being female, and positively related to height and parental education …

likely to be married to a White person than Chinese women. We argue that differences in height distributions, combined with a …

all result from individual decisions. Parents face a trade-off between the number of children they have and the spending … they can afford on each of them in childhood. These childhood development spending will determine children longevity when … second trade-off in allocating their time between increasing their own human capital and rearing children. The model displays …

life expectancy of children born in the years and regions affected by the Phylloxera. The shock decreased long run height …This paper provides estimates of the long-term effects on height and health of a large income shock experienced in … regional variation in the timing of this shock to identify its effects. We examine the effects on the adult height, health, and …

order gradient among Indian children and, consequently, the overall height deficit. First, the Indian firstborn height … if he is the eldest son. Third, the India-Africa height deficit is largest for daughters with no older brothers, which …India's child stunting rate is among the highest in the world, exceeding that of many poorer African countries. In this …

growth in human physical height as an indicator of changes in the nutritional status of national populations, of the peoples …