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Making Sense of the Labor Market Height Premium: Evidence From the British Household Panel Survey / Anne Case, Christina Paxson, Mahnaz Islam.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Case, Anne.
- Series:
- Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w14007.
- NBER working paper series no. w14007
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);
- Other Title:
- Making Sense of the Labor Market Height Premium
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2008.
- Summary:
- We use nine waves of the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) to investigate the large labor market height premium observed in the BHPS, where each inch of height is associated with a 1.5 percent increase in wages, for both men and women. We find that half of the premium can be explained by the association between height and educational attainment among BHPS participants. Of the remaining premium, half can be explained by taller individuals selecting into higher status occupations and industries. These effects are consistent with our earlier findings that taller individuals on average have greater cognitive function, which manifests in greater educational attainment, and better labor market opportunities.
- Notes:
- Print version record
- May 2008.
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