Taller People Earn More Money

[ChimpersMcSmirkers]

There's a growing body of research that finds taller people make more money.

The latest study, in Australia, found that being 6-foot tall brings raises annual income nearly $1,000 compared to men two inches shorter.

"Taller people are perceived to be more intelligent and powerful," according to the study, published recently in the Economic Record.

"Our estimates suggest that if the average man of about 178 centimeters <5 feet 10 inches> gains an additional five centimeters <2 inches> in height, he would be able to earn an extra $950 per year - which is approximately equal to the wage gain from one extra year of labor market experience," said study co-author Andrew Leigh, an economist at the Australian National University.

Other studies in the United States and Britain put the extra earnings at nearly that much per inch.

"The truth is, tall people do make more money. They make $789 more per inch per year," says Arianne Cohen, author of "The Tall Book" (Bloomsbury USA, June, 2009)

I'm over 6' and I think that there is some truth to this, as unfair as it is. I tend to get noticed even when I'm not trying to. I dunno...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090711/sc_livescience/tallerpeopleearnmoremoney

[obliviously]

1. It is easier for us to see opportunities! N/T

[JamesA1102]

2. Tell that to Michael Bloomberg! nt

[Buzz Clik]

3. Exceptions:

[npk]

4. Time to start updating the resume. n/t

[conspirator]

5. As a short guy the hardest thing for me is not the discrimination in professional situations

is the discrimination by women

[Manifestor_of_Light]

12. Do you mean that women will not go out with you?

Explain please.

[DireStrike]

14. It's definitely an issue

I wish I were taller but I thank goodness for my moderate 5'10"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heightism#Heightism_in_dating_and_marriage

[Fire1]

6. I know, personally, that 's BS. n/t

[enlightenment]

7. "People"?

Men.

If they studied both men and women they could say 'people'.

[aquart]

8. Tall people or tall MEN?

[ChimpersMcSmirkers]

9. It looked like there was a 6' threshold. I don't see many 6' women, so...

:shrug:

[csziggy]

11. So it's not gender discrimination, it's height discrimination? ;)

[aquart]

15. So they don't know what a five ten woman would make?

Pity.

[izquierdista]

10. Definitely true

It's not a coincidence that leaders are "looked up to". Tall men know how to use this in body language just like well-built women know how to accentuate theirs. I'm not that much over 6', but I do know that if I am gazing DOWN at someone, I automatically get more deference.

[HughMoran]

13. It's true of course

:shrug: