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JOURNAL OF POLITICAL ECONOMY
卷 116, 期 3, 页码 499-532出版社
UNIV CHICAGO PRESS
DOI: 10.1086/589524
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- NIA NIH HHS [P01 AG005842-22, P01 AG005842] Funding Source: Medline
- NICHD NIH HHS [R01 HD041141-05, R01 HD041141, R24 HD047879] Funding Source: Medline
The well-known association between height and earnings is often thought to reflect factors such as self-esteem, social dominance, and discrimination. We offer a simpler explanation: height is positively associated with cognitive ability, which is rewarded in the labor market. Using data from the United States and the United Kingdom, we show that taller children have higher average cognitive test scores and that these test scores explain a large portion of the height premium in earnings. Children who have higher test scores also experience earlier adolescent growth spurts, so that height in adolescence serves as a marker of cognitive ability.
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