We investigate the effect of height on earnings, occupational choices and a subjective measure of well-being among … labor market. Cognitive skills, co-determined with stature early in life, do not explain much of the height earnings premium … require brain and social skills, not brawn. The unexplained share of the height earnings premium reflects other labor market …

Numerous papers have documented a positive association between height and good physical health and also with good … economic outcomes such as earnings. A smaller number have argued for an association with well-being. In this paper, cross …-country data from Europe is used to analyse whether individuals' height is associated with higher or lower levels of life …

In general, the happiness literature has paid little attention to the relationship between physical appearance and well …-being. In this paper, we examine the link between weight, height and well-being for three distinct samples in China given that …

: cohorts born around the start of transition are shorter than their older or younger peers. The difference in height suggests …

and choices as more common than is the case. We establish this \false consensus" bias in terms of happiness, political … limited to the distribution of hard to observe characteristics and choices but also to weight and height. We also show that …