Researchers estimate that each additional centimeter of height is associated with a 1.30% increase in annual income. (lemmygrad.ml)

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Researchers estimate that each additional centimeter of height is associated with a 1.30% increase in annual income.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/traversmark/2020/04/16/your-height-has-a-big-impact-on-your-salary-new-research-seeks-to-understand-why/

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[-] context@hexbear.net 69 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

i wonder about confounding variables like childhood nutrition. in a study like this height may actually be a proxy for socioeconomic status.

edit: and if i'd bothered to read the article i'd have noticed it said exactly that:

Instead, the authors favor an “early environment” explanation, such that people who grow up in healthy, constructive environments become taller, smarter, and more successful than those who grow up in impoverished, destructive environments.

[-] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Someone here posted a study of contemporary stats of colonized countries in Asia (particularly India, I believe). It found that the stagnation and even decrease in height correlated with colonization and imperialism since much of the nutritional resources were being redirected elsewhere. The stereotype of Asians being short is largely the cause of crackers in many Asian countries