Stature and life-time labor market outcomes: Accounting for unobserved differences
Stature and life-time labor market outcomes: Accounting for unobserved differences
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DOI：
10.1016/j.labeco.2013.06.003
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发表时间：
2013-10-01
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影响因子：
2.4
通讯作者：
Vainiomaki, Jari
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作者：
Bockerman, Petri;Vainiomaki, Jari
我们使用双胞胎数据与基于登记的个人收入和就业信息相匹配，以研究身高对终身劳动力市场结果的影响。双胞胎数据的使用使我们能够消除其他未观察到的能力和其他差异。双胞胎对差异估计工具变量估计基因相同的双胞胎揭示了一个显着的身高工资溢价的妇女，但不为男性。这一结果意味着认知能力解释了身高对男性终身收入的影响。使用资本收入作为结果变量的其他研究结果表明，对矮个子的歧视可能对妇女起作用。(C)2013爱思唯尔有限公司版权所有。
We use twin data matched to register-based individual information on earnings and employment to examine the effect of height on life-time labor market outcomes. The use of twin data allows us to remove otherwise unobserved ability and other differences. The twin pair difference estimates from instrumental variable estimation for genetically identical twins reveal a significant height-wage premium for women but not for men. This result implies that cognitive ability explains the effect of height on life-time earnings for men. Additional findings using capital income as the outcome variable suggest that discrimination against short persons may play a role for women. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.