Human height is a highly variable trait, both within and between populations, has a high
heritability, and influences the manner in which people behave and are treated in society …

This article analyses the effects of occupational mobility on biological well-being from a long-
term perspective. While it is well known that occupation and heights were closely related in …

Abstract A'Hearn, Delfino, and Nuvolari recently argued in this journal that the indicator
function of age heaping for education, and numeracy in particular, is quite limited. In …

This article analyses the relationship between male height and age at death and its
evolution over time among conscripts born in fourteen villages in north-east rural Spain. A …

The aim of this doctoral thesis is to contribute to the debate on the importance of diet and
disease in explaining the mortality decline and the general literature of the long-term effects …

This study examines the historical evolution of socioeconomic disparities in adult mortality,
with a focus on European societies. Despite the widespread improvements in population …

Abstract Analyzing the Indonesian Family Life Survey 2007, this paper estimates the value of
relative height (relative to the spouse's height) in the marriage market of a developing …

BACKGROUND Despite the large amount of research on European fertility transition, the
mechanisms of this demographic process are still poorly understood. This is particularly true …

Asian American men and women have been largely neglected in previous studies of
romantic relationship formation and status. Using data from the first and fourth waves of the …

Adult stature has become a widely used indicator of childhood nutritional status in historical
populations and may provide insights into health inequalities that are not discernible in …