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Sorting by Height: Education and Economic Outcomes of Women in Less-Developed Countries.

Taller height is commonly found to correlate with educational and economic outcomes. Most studies focus on a relationship to earnings, and consider samples from individual countries. This paper takes a broader view by evaluating the associations between height, education, and economic outcomes in a...

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Published in:Journal of Development Studies Vol. 55; no. 11; pp. 2347 - 2365
Main Author: Murasko, Jason E.
Format: Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd Nov2019
Subjects:
Sub-Saharan Africa
Economics education
Cognitive development
Educational outcomes
School year
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