Autore: Sarti, Simone
Titolo: Some Clarifications about the Use of the Relation between Height and Education as a Proxy for Social Inequalities: a Response to the Comments
Periodico: Sociologica
Anno: 2013 - Volume: 19 - Fascicolo: 2 - Pagina iniziale: 51 - Pagina finale: 55

The response clarifies aims and limitations of the study. It describes the associationover time between educational attainment (proxy of social position) and stature (distal proxyof bio-social disadvantage): it does not aim to investigate the genetic determinants of height.In addition, some caveats are mentioned about the role of the genetic inheritance on socialcharacteristics and some robustness checks are added to the analysis.




SICI: 1971-8853(2013)19:2<51:SCATUO>2.0.ZU;2-S
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