The comovement between height and some economic development indicators in Spain

María-Dolores Pedrero, Ramón; Martínez Carrión, José Miguel

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The comovement between height and some economic development indicators in Spain

dc.contributor.author	María-Dolores Pedrero, Ramón
dc.contributor.author	Martínez Carrión, José Miguel
dc.contributor.department	Fundamentos del Análisis Económico
dc.contributor.department	Economía Aplicada
dc.coverage.spatial	España	es
dc.coverage.temporal	XIX	es
dc.date.accessioned	2012-02-08T17:44:52Z
dc.date.available	2012-02-08T17:44:52Z
dc.date.created	2012-02
dc.date.issued	2012-02-08
dc.description.abstract	This paper investigates the relationship between height and some measures of human welfare in Spain for the period 1850-1978. For that purpose, we employ several filtering methods to measure the correlation between variables such as first order differences, deterministic trends, the Hodrick and Prescott filter, the band-pass filter or den Haan (2000)’s methodology which uses a new set of statistics to characterize the co-movement between variables to capture the dynamic between variables. We always find a strong and positive correlation between height and GDP per cápita, height and the weight of health services in total consumption, and height and openness. By contrast, we have a negative correlation between height and the mortality rate and height and the ratio between the deflator of private consumption and the GDP deflator. By applying den Haan (2000)’s method, we find that the comovement between height and GDP per cápita is always positive, increasing in the medium and long-run. This correlation is higher after the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). We also observe that height and mortality rate have a negative correlation in the medium-run. Other health indicators such as the weight of health services in total consumption and the ratio between the deflator of private consumption and the GDP deflator show a positive and negative co-movement in the short-run, respectively. Nevertheless, they change their sign of correlation in the long-run. Finally, we observe a positive co-movement between height and illiteracy rate in the short-run, a negative one in the long-run, and a strong and positive comovement between height and the grade of openness.	es
dc.format	application/pdf	es
dc.format.extent	44	es
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10201/26464
dc.language	eng	es
dc.relation.ispartof	Proyecto de investigación:	es
dc.relation.ispartofseries	WPUMUFAE	es
dc.relation.ispartofseries	2012.01	es
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess	es
dc.subject	Height, physical stature, anthropometrics, education, economic development, VAR forecast errors	es
dc.subject.other	33 - Economía	es
dc.title	The comovement between height and some economic development indicators in Spain	es
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/workingPaper	es
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