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- Title
HEIGHT AND LEADERSHIP.
- Authors
Lindqvist, Erik
- Abstract
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% of the unconditional height-wage premium. However, about half of the height-leadership correlation is due to a positive correlation between height and cognitive and noncognitive ability.
- Subjects
SWEDEN; TALL stature; LEADERSHIP; EXECUTIVES; STATISTICAL correlation; PROBABILITY theory; STATURE; TALL people; COGNITIVE ability
- Publication
Review of Economics & Statistics, 2012, Vol 94, Issue 4, p1191
- ISSN
0034-6535
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1162/REST_a_00239