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| Title: | | Big and tall parents do not have more sons  |
| Authors: | | Denny, Kevin |
| Issue Date: | | 2007 |
| Series/Report no.: | | Working paper series // UCD Centre for Economic Research 2007/15 |
| Abstract: | | In a 2005 paper Kanezawa proposed a generalisation of the classic Trivers-Willard hypothesis. It was argued that as a result taller and heavier parents should have more sons relative to daughters. Using two British cohort studies, evidence was presented which was partly consistent with the hypothesis. I analyse the relationship between an individual being male and their parents' height and weight using one of the datasets. No evidence of any such relationship is found. |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | Working Paper Series, UCD School of Economics, University College Dublin (UCD)
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