TY  - JOUR
AU  - Steckel,Richard H.
TI  - Height and Per Capita Income
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 880
PY  - 1983
Y2  - February 1983
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w0880
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w0880.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Richard H. Steckel
Department of Economics
Ohio State University
410 Arps Hall, 1945 North High Street
Columbus, OH  43210-1172
Tel: 614/292-5008
Fax: 614/292-3906
E-Mail: steckel.1@osu.edu
AB  - As an aid to interpreting the results of height-by-age studies this paper investigates the relationship between average height and per capita income. The relationships among income, nutrition, medical care, and height at the individual level suggest that average height is nonlinearly related to per capita income and that the distribution of income is an important determinant of average height. Empirical analysis rests on 56 height studies and per capita income estimates for 20 developed or developing countries.
ER  -