Early-life environment and adult stature in Brazil: An analysis for cohorts born between 1950 and 1980
Early-life environment and adult stature in Brazil: An analysis for cohorts born between 1950 and 1980
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DOI：
10.1016/j.ehb.2014.07.001
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发表时间：
2014-12-01
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2.5
通讯作者：
Quintana-Domeque, Climent
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作者：
de Oliveira, Victor Hugo;Quintana-Domeque, Climent
我们利用巴西1950-1980年期间的队列-州水平数据，研究了出生时环境条件(人均GDP和婴儿死亡率)与成人身高之间的关系。我们发现，在此期间，人均GDP的年增长率为4.8%，而不是婴儿死亡率，这与巴西的人口身高有很强的相关性。我们的结果对一系列稳健性检查是稳健的。利用(状态)固定效应和滞后因变量(身高)估计量的有用的括号性质，我们发现，在同一时间跨度内，人均GDP相应幅度的增长与成人身高增长的43%-68%相关。收入，而不是疾病，似乎是20世纪下半叶巴西人口高度的主要相关因素。(C)2014爱思唯尔B.V.保留所有权利。
We study the relationship between environmental conditions at birth (GDP per capita and infant mortality rate) and adult stature using cohort-state level data in Brazil for the period 1950-1980. We find that GDP per capita, whose annual percentage growth rate was 4.8% during this period, not infant mortality rate, is a robust correlate of population stature in Brazil. Our results are robust to a battery of robustness checks. Using a useful bracketing property of the (state) fixed effects and lagged dependent variables (heights) estimators, we find that an increase in GDP per capita of the magnitude corresponding to that period is associated with 43-68% of the increase in adult height occurring in the same time span. Income, not disease, appears to be the main correlate of Brazilian population heights in the second half of the 20th Century. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.