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Journal of Political Economy, Oct 2004 v112 i5 p1019(35)
The effect of adolescent experience on labor market outcomes: the
case of height. Nicola Persico; Andrew Postlewaite; Dan Silverman.
Author's Abstract: COPYRIGHT 2004 University of Chicago Press
Taller workers receive a wage premium. Net of differences in family
background, the disparity is similar in magnitude to the race and gender
gaps. We exploit variation in an individual's height over time to explore
how height affects wages. Controlling for teen
height essentially eliminates the effect of adult height on wages for white
men. The teen height premium is not
explained by differences in resources or endowments. The teen height premium is partially mediated
through participation in high school sports and clubs. We estimate the
monetary benefits of a medical treatment for children
that increases height.
Nicola Persico and Andrew
Postlewaite
University of Pennsylvania
Dan Silverman
University of Michigan
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82 (August): 409-21.
Behrman, Jere, and
Mark Rosenzweig. 2001. "The Returns to
Increasing Body Weight." Working paper. Philadelphia:
Univ. Pennsylvania.
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