Making sense of the labor market height premium: Evidence from the British Household Panel Survey

被引：62

作者：

Case, Anne ^{[1
,3
]}

Paxson, Christina ^{[1
,3
]}

Islam, Mahnaz ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Princeton Univ, Princeton, NJ 08544 USA

[2] Harvard Univ, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA

[3] Natl Bur Econ Res, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA

来源：

ECONOMICS LETTERS | 2009年 / 102卷 / 03期

关键词：

Height; Labor markets; Wages;

D O I：

10.1016/j.econlet.2008.12.011

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

We use data from the British Household Panel Survey to examine the labor market premium in height. Most of the premium is explained by higher average educational attainment and sorting into higher-status occupations and industries by those who are taller. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：174 / 176

页数：3