Stature and Status: Height, Ability, and Labor Market Outcomes
利用美国和英国数据，发现身高与收入的正相关很大程度上可由认知能力解释：个子高的孩子平均认知测试分数更高，这些分数解释了身高收入溢价的大部分。
The well-known association between height and earnings is often thought to reflect factors such as self esteem, social dominance, and discrimination. We offer a simpler explanation: height is positively associated with cognitive ability, which is rewarded in the labor market. Using data from the US and the UK, we show that taller children have higher average cognitive test scores, and that these test scores explain a large portion of the height premium in earnings. Children who have higher test scores also experience earlier adolescent growth spurts, so that height in adolescence serves as a marker of cognitive ability.