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Effect of Height on Earnings : Is Stature Just a Proxy for Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Skills? / Laurent Bossavie [and three others].
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (formerly "World Bank E-Library Publications") Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bossavie, Laurent, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Malnutrition.
- Nutritionally induced diseases.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Other Title:
- Effect of Height on Earnings
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : World Bank, 2017.
- Summary:
- This study investigates the degree to which the association of height and earnings in Pakistan is independent of other cognitive and socioemotional skills. While taller workers are regularly observed to earn more, they commonly have higher cognitive ability. Thus, there is debate concerning the independent contribution of stature. The study explores the relationship between height and earnings when a measure of cognitive ability -- performance on Raven's matrices -- and an index of socioemotional capacity are included. The study finds that there is only modest attenuation of the coefficient of height--treated as endogenous or exogenous--when these additional indicators of human capital are included.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1596/1813-9450-8254
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