| 来源类型 | Working Paper |
| 规范类型 | 报告 |
| DOI | 10.3386/w16570 |
| 来源ID | Working Paper 16570 |
| Height as a Proxy for Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Ability | |
| Andreas Schick; Richard H. Steckel | |
| 发表日期 | 2010-12-02 |
| 出版年 | 2010 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | Taller workers receive a substantial wage premium. Studies extending back to the middle of the last century attribute the premium to non-cognitive abilities, which are associated with stature and rewarded in the labor market. More recent research argues that cognitive abilities explain the stature-wage relationship. This paper reconciles the competing views by recognizing that net nutrition, a major determinant of adult height, is integral to our cognitive and non-cognitive development. Using data from Britain's National Childhood Development Study (NCDS), we show that taller children have higher average cognitive and non-cognitive test scores, and that each aptitude accounts for a substantial and roughly equal portion of the stature premium. Together these abilities explain why taller people have higher wages. |
| 主题 | History ; Labor and Health History ; Labor Economics ; Labor Supply and Demand |
| URL | https://www.nber.org/papers/w16570 |
| 来源智库 | National Bureau of Economic Research (United States) |
| 引用统计 | |
| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/574245 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Andreas Schick,Richard H. Steckel. Height as a Proxy for Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Ability. 2010. |
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| 文件名称/大小 | 资源类型 | 版本类型 | 开放类型 | 使用许可 | ||
| w16570.pdf（208KB） | 智库出版物 | 限制开放 | CC BY-NC-SA | 浏览 | ||
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