The value of male height in the marriage market

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 18, Issue , 2015, Pages 110-124

  Sohn, Kitae ^a  

^a Konkuk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Evolution; Height; Indonesian family life survey; Marriage; Value

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FAMILY LIFE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCOME; INDONESIAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONAL VALUE; SPOUSE; AGED; INDONESIA; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY HEIGHT; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; INCOME; INDONESIA; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84937432191     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: 18736130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2015.05.004     Document Type: Article

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