2004
DOI: 10.1017/s0212610900010855
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Economic Development and the Quality of Life of Children

Abstract: RESUMENLos estudios históricos muestran que el crecimiento secular de la estatura media de los niños europeos occidentales comenzó en 1850 y fue precedido por cien años de declive y estancamiento. Conjeturamos que la caída inicial en las estaturas está relacionada con la transición demográfica y mostramos que una extensión del modelo neoclásico de crecimiento económico puede explicar el fenómeno. Verificamos que las predicciones del modelo se cumplen en el presente para un corte transversal de países y encontr… Show more

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“…Delajara blames the demographic transition in Europe for triggering a decline in children's heights that began in the mid-eighteenth century, which was followed by growth recovery that began a century later (Delajara 2004).…”
Section: Industrializationmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Delajara blames the demographic transition in Europe for triggering a decline in children's heights that began in the mid-eighteenth century, which was followed by growth recovery that began a century later (Delajara 2004).…”
Section: Industrializationmentioning
confidence: 99%