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"The Chart That Reveals Your Kid’s Adult Height" (Written by Emily Oster)

Professor of Economics and International and Public Affairs, Emily Oster, wrote a piece for The Atlantic in which she explores the relationship between a child's height at age 2 and their adult height, "As it turns out, child height is predictive of adult height, generally speaking, particularly after the age of 2. And although it's crude, the 2 x 2 approach is not much worse than the best that scientists can offer."

February 26, 2020 The Atlantic

Professor of Economics and International and Public Affairs, Emily Oster, wrote a piece for The Atlantic in which she explores the relationship between a child's height at age 2 and their adult height, "As it turns out, child height is predictive of adult height, generally speaking, particularly after the age of 2. And although it's crude, the 2 x 2 approach is not much worse than the best that scientists can offer."

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