Height, weight, and entry earnings of female graduates in Taiwan

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 85-98

  Tao, Hung Lin ^a  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Earnings; Height; Perceptual bias; Statistical discrimination; Weight

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CAREER; EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN; FEMALE; GRADUATE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATION; PARTTIME EMPLOYMENT; TAIWAN; UNEMPLOYMENT; WORK EXPERIENCE; COLLEGE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE WORKER; FULLTIME EMPLOYMENT; JOB CHARACTERISTICS; SALARY; TAIWANESE;

EARNINGS; HEIGHT; PERCEPTUAL BIAS; STATISTICAL DISCRIMINATION; WEIGHT;

BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; TAIWAN;

EID: 84896728221     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: 18736130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2013.12.006     Document Type: Article

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