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 …

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 …