Why does height matter for educational attainment? Evidence from German children

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 407-418

  Cinnirella, Francesco ^a   Piopiunik, Marc ^b   Winter, Joachim ^c  

^a CESIFO   (Germany)

^b IFO INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Educational attainment; Height; Height school premium; Social skills

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DAY CARE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCOME; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PROBABILITY; READING; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIBLING; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL STATUS; TEACHER; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE;

EID: 80855148252     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: 18736130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2011.04.006     Document Type: Article

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