Arbeitspapier
Height and Leadership
This paper studies the relationship between height and leadership. Using data from a representative sample of Swedish men, I document that tall men are significantly more likely to attain managerial positions. An increase in height by 10 centimeters (3.94 inches) is associated with a 2.2 percentage point increase in the probability of holding a managerial position. Selection into managerial positions explains about 15 percent of the unconditional height wage premium. However, at least half of the height-leadership correlation is due to a positive correlation between height and cognitive and noncognitive ability.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: IFN Working Paper ; No. 835
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
Labor Discrimination
- Thema
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Height
Beauty
Leadership
Discrimination
Biologie
Führungskräfte
Diskriminierung
Schweden
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Lindqvist, Erik
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN)
- (wo)
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Stockholm
- (wann)
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2010
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:45 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Lindqvist, Erik
- Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN)
Entstanden
- 2010