At the core of political economy theory is the claim that income drives political preferences, yet empirical estimates of income’s effect on political behavior range widely. Drawing from a tradition in economic history and anthropology, we propose the use of height as a proxy for economic well-being. Using data from the British Household Panel Study, we find that taller individuals are more lik...

Height of convective layer in planetary atmospheres with condensable and non-condensable greenhouse substances A. M. Makarieva, V. G. Gorshkov, and T. Pujol Theoretical Physics Division, Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Gatchina, St.-Petersburg, Russia Department of Physics, University of Girona, Girona, Catalonia, Spain Received: 25 October 2003 – Accepted: 8 December 2003 – Published: 16...