provide a straightforward and easily collected measure of individual or national well-being that aggregates over the various … components of well-being, such as economic status, health, family circumstances, and even human and political rights. Layard … widely accepted view, associated with Sen (1999), which is that human well-being depends on a range of functions and …

provide a straightforward and easily collected measure of individual or national well-being that aggregates over the various … components of well-being, such as economic status, health, family circumstances, and even human and political rights. Layard … widely accepted view, associated with Sen (1999), which is that human well-being depends on a range of functions and …

, investigating whether individual height and weight affect the probability of marrying with a “high quality partner”, measuring …

We analyze how attractiveness rated at the start of the interview is related to weight (controlling for height), and … the first to show that height, weight, and BMI all strongly contribute to male and female attractiveness when … hourly wage and spousal education, showing that attractiveness and height matter in the labor market, whereas both male and …

We analyze empirically the marriage-market aspects of body size, weight, and height in the United States using data … sorting in spouses’ BMI, in their weight, and in their height. Within couples, gender-asymmetric trade-offs arise not only …’s income, education, and height, controlling for his weight (or body size) and her height, along with spouses’ demographic and …

We analyze how attractiveness rated at the start of the interview is related to weight (controlling for height), and … the first to show that height, weight, and BMI all strongly contribute to male and female attractiveness when … hourly wage and spousal education, showing that attractiveness and height matter in the labor market, whereas both male and …

take risks is negatively related to age and being female, and positively related to height and parental education. We test …

take risks is negatively related to age and being female, and positively related to parental education and height. We test …