Hübler Olaf
Leibniz Universität Hannover, Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Königsworther Platz 1, 30167 Hannover, Germany.
Econ Hum Biol. 2009 Jul;7(2):191-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ehb.2009.06.003. Epub 2009 Jun 26.
Based on data of the German Socio-Economic Panel, this article investigates the relationship between height and wages by gender. Unlike previous investigations, which have been limited to an examination of linear effects, this one finds that height influences on wages are curvilinear, and more so for men than for women. More specifically, it finds that women who are shorter than average and men who are somewhat taller than average, but not among the tallest, enjoy significant wage advantages. Furthermore, using Blinder's decomposition to determine two components of wage differences, we find that these differences can be partitioned into an endowment component and unexplained influences (discrimination). There is a difference between the public and private sectors and between men and women as to the degree of the latter effect. This investigation supports the hypothesis that short and very tall men employed in the private sector are disadvantaged the most. The outcome for women is less robust than for men.
基于德国社会经济面板数据，本文研究了身高与工资之间的性别差异关系。与以往仅限于线性效应检验的研究不同，本文发现身高对工资的影响是曲线关系，且男性比女性更为明显。具体而言，研究发现，低于平均身高的女性和略高于平均身高但并非最高的男性享有显著的工资优势。此外，利用布林德分解法确定工资差异的两个组成部分，我们发现这些差异可分为禀赋部分和无法解释的影响因素（歧视）。在后者的影响程度上，公共部门和私营部门之间以及男性和女性之间存在差异。这项研究支持了这样一种假设，即在私营部门就业的矮个子和非常高的男性处于最不利地位。女性的结果不如男性那样稳固。
