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Titel:

Size Matters! Body Height and Labor Market Discrimination: A Cross-European Analysis

Autor(en):
Joachim Winter, Francesco Cinnirella
Abstract:
Taller workers earn on average higher salaries. Recent research has proposed cognitive abilities and social skills as explanations for the height-wage premium. Another possible mechanism, employer discrimination,has found little support. In this paper, we provide some evidence in favor of the discrimination hypothesis. Using a cross section of 13 countries, we show that there is a consistent height-wage premium across Europe and that it is largely due to ccupational sorting. We show that height...     »
Stichworte:
Arbeitspapier/Diskussionspapier
Jahr:
2009
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