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 …

height on life-time earnings for men. Additional findings using capital income as the outcome variable suggest that …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 …

of English skills on labour market status and, conditional on being a wage earner, on monthly earnings and occupational … level of skills in English and earnings, which is only modestly reduced when job-related variables and (especially …) occupation dummies are included as additional controls. Indeed, being proficient in English barely affects occupational status …

childhood health and cognitive skills at ages 7 and 10, educational and occupational choice at age 16-20, employment, earnings … and occupation at age 36-40, and pension income at age 71. Leveraging quasi-random variation in eligibility by birth date …

earnings. Controlling for age 7 cognitive skills and family background, we show that late pubertal development is associated … reflected in lower levels of educational attainment and earnings for late developed individuals. The number of late developing …

skills and earnings, including the matching of skill supply and demand, will enhance our understanding of the role of human …