Anthropometry of love: Height and gender asymmetries in interethnic marriages

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 361-372

  Belot, Michle ^a   Fidrmuc, Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gender; Height; Intermarriage

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOVE; MALE; MARRIAGE; NEGRO; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPOUSE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANTHROPOMETRY; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY HEIGHT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LOVE; MALE; MARRIAGE; PREJUDICE; PROBABILITY; RISK; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78349312537     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2010.09.004     Document Type: Article

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