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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 PIER Working Papers 01-050, Penn Institute for Economic Research, Philadelphia PA, November 2001. Also: http://www.econ.upenn.edu/system/files/01-050.pdf Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Penn Institute for Economic Research (PIER) Keyword(s): Cross-national Analysis; Gender Differences; Height; Human Capital; Labor Market Outcomes; NCDS - National Child Development Study (British); Racial Differences; Socioeconomic Status (SES); Wage Determination; Wage Gap Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Taller workers receive a wage premium, and the disparity in wages is similar in magnitude to the race and gender gaps. We exploit the variation in an individual's height over time to explore the way in which height affects wages. Specifically we show that for white males, the effect of adult height is essentially eliminated when adolescent height is taken into account. We take this as evidence that adolescent height has important economic implication long after the time that it is obserservable to others, and we explore the channels through which the effects might be manifested. |
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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." PIER Working Papers 01-050, Penn Institute for Economic Research, Philadelphia PA, November 2001. |