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35 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6441
Are Tall People Less Risk Averse than Others?
Olaf Hübler
published in: Journal of Applied Social Science Studies, 2013, 133 (1), 23-42
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6210
Height and Cognitive Function among Older Europeans: Do People from "Tall" Countries Have Superior Cognitive Abilities?
Cahit Guven, Wang-Sheng Lee
revised version published as 'Height, Ageing and Cognitive Abilities across Europe' in: Economics and Human Biology, 2015, 16, 16-29.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6194
War and Stature: Growing Up During the Nigerian Civil War
Richard Akresh, Sonia R. Bhalotra, Marinella Leone, Una O. Osili
American Economic Review, 2012, 102 (3), 273-277
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6110
Instrumental Variable Estimation of the Causal Effect of Hunger Early in Life on Health Later in Life
Gerard J. van den Berg, Pia Pinger, Johannes Schoch
published in: The Economic Journal, 2016, 126 (3): 465–506. [Online First]
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4932
Infant Mortality and the Health of Survivors: Britain 1910-1950
Timothy J. Hatton
published as 'Infant mortality and the health of survivors: Britain, 1910–50' in: Economic History Review, 2011, 64 (3), 951-972
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4594
Fatter Attraction: Anthropometric and Socioeconomic Characteristics in the Marriage Market
Pierre-André Chiappori, Sonia Oreffice, Climent Quintana-Domeque
revised version published as 'Fatter Attraction: Anthropometric and Socioeconomic Matching on the Marriage Market' in: Journal of Political Economy, 2012, 120 (4), 659-695. [Link to the published version]
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4353
Gradients of the Intergenerational Transmission of Health in Developing Countries
Sonia R. Bhalotra, Samantha Rawlings
Review of Economics and Statistics, 2013, 95 (2), 660 - 672
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4306
Fertility Decline and the Heights of Children in Britain, 1886-1938
Timothy J. Hatton, Richard M. Martin
published in: Explorations in Economic History, 2010, 47 (4), 505-519
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4266
The Height Premium in Earnings: The Role of Physical Capacity and Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Skills
Petter Lundborg, Paul Nystedt, Dan-Olof Rooth
published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2014, 49(1), 141-166.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4140
Critical Periods During Childhood and Adolescence: A Study of Adult Height Among Immigrant Siblings
Gerard J. van den Berg, Petter Lundborg, Paul Nystedt, Dan-Olof Rooth
published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2014, 12 (6), 1521-1557.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3344
On the Curvature of the Reporting Function from Objective Reality to Subjective Feelings
Andrew J. Oswald
published in: Economics Letters, 2008, 100 (3), 369-372
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3314
The Effects on Stature of Poverty, Family Size and Birth Order: British Children in the 1930s
Timothy J. Hatton, Richard M. Martin
published in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2010, 62 (1), 157-184
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2543
Stunting and Selection Effects of Famine: A Case Study of the Great Chinese Famine
Tue Gorgens, Xin Meng, Rhema Vaithianathan
published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2012, 97 (1), 99 - 111
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2394
The Nonlinear Link between Height and Wages: An Empirical Investigation
Olaf Hübler
published in: Economics and Human Biology, 2009, 7 (2), 191-199
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1730
Individual Risk Attitudes: New Evidence from a Large, Representative, Experimentally-Validated Survey
Thomas Dohmen, Armin Falk, David B. Huffman, Uwe Sunde, Jürgen Schupp, Gert G. Wagner
revised version published as 'Individual Risk Attitudes: Measurement, Determinants, and Behavioral Consequences' in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2011, 9 (3), 522–550
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