Monasterio, Leonardo M; Noguerol, Luiz Paulo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
This paper analyzes the heights of Brazilian people using anthropometric and economic data. The literature suggests … between the heights of 21 and 65-year-old men is approximately six centimetres. The same value, by coincidence, represents the … difference in the stature of the poorest and richest quintiles. Adjusted data show an increase of 3.8 centimetres in the heights …