Journal Article

A note on the height – wage differential in the UK: cross-sectional evidence from the BHPS

By Guido Heineck

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Economics Letters
Volume
98 (3):288-293
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2007.05.005

Abstract

Using BHPS data for the first time, evidence for the height-earnings relationship is updated for the UK. In contrast to prior findings, baseline height differentials mainly vanish once individuals' occupation and non-linear height gradients are accounted for.

Notes

Previously 'In press, corrected proof' May 2007

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