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Title: The Effect of Adolescent Experience on Labor Market Outcomes: The Case of Height
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Persico, Nicola Postlewaite, Andrew Silverman, Daniel Susman |
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The Effect of Adolescent Experience on Labor Market Outcomes: The Case of Height Journal of Political Economy 112,5 (October 2004): 1019-1053. Also: http://www.jstor.org/stable/full/10.1086/422566 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: University of Chicago Press Keyword(s): Athletics (see SPORTS); Height; NCDS - National Child Development Study (British); Sports (also see ATHLETICS); Wage Levels; Wages 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 exxentially eliminates the effect of adult height on wages for white men. The teen height premium is not explained by differences is 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. |
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Persico, Nicola, Andrew Postlewaite and Daniel Susman Silverman. "The Effect of Adolescent Experience on Labor Market Outcomes: The Case of Height." Journal of Political Economy 112,5 (October 2004): 1019-1053.
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