Children’s Height and Parental Unemployment: A Large-Scale Anthropometric Study on Eastern Germany, 1994–2006
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- Jörg Baten & Andreas Böhm, 2010. "Children's Height and Parental Unemployment: A Large‐Scale Anthropometric Study on Eastern Germany, 1994–2006," German Economic Review, Verein für Socialpolitik, vol. 11(1), pages 1-24, February.
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