This paper provides estimates of the long-term effects on height and health of a large income shock experienced in … early childhood. Phylloxera, an insect that attacks the roots of grape vines, destroyed 40% of French vineyards between 1863 … regional variation in the timing of this shock to identify its effects. We examine the effects on the adult height, health, and …

than African firstborns; the Indian height disadvantage emerges with the second child and then increases with birth order …. This pattern persists when we compare height between siblings, and also holds for health inputs such as vaccinations. Three … order gradient among Indian children and, consequently, the overall height deficit. First, the Indian firstborn height …

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

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 …

We propose a new theory of the demographic transition based on the evidence that body development during childhood is … an important predictor of adult life expectancy. Fertility, childhood development, longevity, education and income growth … they can afford on each of them in childhood. These childhood development spending will determine children longevity when …