KORTT, MICHAEL; LEIGH, ANDREW - In: The Economic Record 86 (2010) 272, pp. 71-83
We estimate the relationship between hourly wages and two aspects of body size: height and body mass index (BMI). We observe a height premium, with an additional 10 cm of height being associated with a 3 per cent increase in hourly wages for men. However, workers with higher BMI scores do not...