Rethinking the fertility transition in rural aragón (Spain) using height data
Marco-Gracia, Francisco J. (Universidad de Zaragoza. Departamento de Economía Aplicada e Historia Económica)
López Antón, Margarida (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Empresa)

Date:	2021
Abstract:	Based on an analysis of the life trajectories of 2510 conscripts and their families from a Spanish rural area in the period 1835-1977, this paper studies the development of the fertility transition in relation to height using bivariate analyses. The use of heights is an innovative perspective of delving into the fertility transition and social transformation entailed. The results confirm that the men with a low level of biological well-being (related to low socio-economic groups) were those who started to control their fertility, perhaps due to the effect that increased average family size had on their budget. The children of individuals who controlled their fertility were taller than the children of other families. Therefore, the children of parents who controlled their fertility experienced the largest intergenerational increase in height (approximately 50% higher). This increase could be due to the consequence of a greater investment in children (Becker's hypothesis) or a greater avail-ability of resources for the whole family (resource dilution hypothesis).
Grants:	Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad HAR2017-85601-C2-1-P Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad HAR2016-81991-REDT Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad PGC2018-095529-B-100
Note:	Altres ajuts: Gobierno de Aragón (S55-20R)
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Fertility transition ; Biological well-being ; Health ; Height ; Intergenerational
Published in:	International journal of environmental research and public health, Vol. 18 Núm. 16 (august 2021) , p. 8338, ISSN 1660-4601

DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18168338
PMID: 34444085

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