Making sense of the labor market height premium
Subtitle: evidence from the British household panel survey
By: Anne Case, Christina Paxson, Mahnaz Islam.
Contributors: Paxson, Christina H.; Islam, Mahnaz.; National Bureau of Economic Research.
Series: NBER working paper series -- working paper 14007; Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research : Online) -- working paper no. 14007.
Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Description: "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"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.
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