Child height, health and human capital: Evidence using genetic markers.

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Published in Eur Econ Rev on January 01, 2013

Authors

Stephanie von Hinke Kessler Scholder1, George Davey Smith2, Debbie A Lawlor2, Carol Propper3, Frank Windmeijer4

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, UK ; CMPO, University of Bristol, 2 Priory Road, Bristol BS8 1TX, UK.
2: MRC Centre for Causal Analyses in Translational Epidemiology (CAiTE), School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Oakfield House, Oakfield Grove, Bristol BS8 2BN, UK.
3: CMPO and Department of Economics, University of Bristol, 2 Priory Road, Bristol BS8 1TX, UK ; Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
4: CMPO and Department of Economics, University of Bristol, 2 Priory Road, Bristol BS8 1TX, UK ; Centre for Microdata, Methods and Practice, UK.

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