کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
5067032 1476811 2013 22 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Child height, health and human capital: Evidence using genetic markers
ترجمه فارسی عنوان
قد کودک، سلامت و سرمایه انسانی: شواهد نشانگرهای ژنتیکی
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم انسانی و اجتماعی اقتصاد، اقتصادسنجی و امور مالی اقتصاد و اقتصادسنجی
چکیده انگلیسی

Height has long been recognized as being associated with better outcomes: the question is whether this association is causal. We use children's genetic variants as instrumental variables to deal with possible unobserved confounders and examine the effect of child/adolescent height on a wide range of outcomes: academic performance, IQ, self-esteem, depression symptoms and behavioral problems. OLS findings show that taller children have higher IQ, perform better in school, and are less likely to have behavioral problems. The IV results differ: taller girls (but not boys) have better cognitive performance and, in contrast to the OLS, greater height appears to increase behavioral problems.

▸ We examine whether height in children causally affects a wide range of outcomes. ▸ We use children's genetic variants as instrumental variables for child height. ▸ The results suggest that height is an important factor in human capital accumulation. ▸ We show that being tall may not only confer advantage but also disadvantage.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: European Economic Review - Volume 57, January 2013, Pages 1-22
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