Researchers estimate that each additional centimeter of height is associated with a 1.30% increase in annual income.
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Researchers estimate that each additional centimeter of height is associated with a 1.30% increase in annual income.
i wonder about confounding variables like childhood nutrition. in a study like this height may actually be a proxy for socioeconomic status.
edit: and if i'd bothered to read the article i'd have noticed it said exactly that:
Instead, the authors favor an “early environment” explanation, such that people who grow up in healthy, constructive environments become taller, smarter, and more successful than those who grow up in impoverished, destructive environments.
Someone here posted a study of contemporary stats of colonized countries in Asia (particularly India, I believe). It found that the stagnation and even decrease in height correlated with colonization and imperialism since much of the nutritional resources were being redirected elsewhere. The stereotype of Asians being short is largely the cause of crackers in many Asian countries
One million percent my first thought
Most rational economic system thats totally a meritocracy bro trust us
"Meritocracy" is when you get free stuff on the merit of being a 6'+ gigachad lording over 'manlets'!
Median income in US: $74580
Median height in US: 175cm (5'9")
Jeff Bezos's income in 2023: $70 billion
Jeff Bezos's estimated height: 530cm (17'4")
Yet here I am: 6'7" and can't find a job
Nobody can afford to pay you your $120k salary.
have you tried just taking over a small country.
Time to wear absurdly long stilts so I'll be a billionaire
actually it's just guys named Kyle
people take taller people more seriously, associate them with leadership when maybe it's not warranted. it's not an accident that the vast majority of CEOs and practically every president is >6' and so many lie about their height or wear lifts or whatever.
I think of it as a little bonus earned by crying myself to sleep from growing pains
Don't forget that constant little twinge in the back when you're older from a lifetime of slight bending because tabletops, sinks, and other everyday designs are all just a few inches out of reach.
I may be 6'1 but I am unemployed and unemployable
Mentally short
we need a tall guy tax and short guy reparations but nobody gives a shit because they either have bigger legitimate problems (racism, misogyny, etc) or they want to be andrew tate.
this is super funny to me, a short person who can't reach the top shelves of her cabinets
In defense of tall dudes like my husband, they're already paying a Personal Comfort tax: they're constantly bonking their heads into things, and their legs don't fit anywhere.
Me, holding up my tallbux just above the shorties who are reaching and straining on their tiptoes.
I am 5'6'' (168cm). Now I know why I cannot find a job.
when the ridiculous aliens in Invader Zim have a more consistent society
Importantly, this estimation assumes other factors associated with earning potential — for instance, gender, age, years of schooling, and location — are held equal.
See, the gender/pay gap is a myth! It's a height/pay gap!
Academia is a fucking joke
Manlets be broke
Jokes and incel catastrophizing aside, lookism is indeed a thing with material consequences in society. People just like conventionally-attractive people more and that leads to preferential treatment.
Maybe the gender pay gap was actually the height pay gap all along
Barron Trump gonna be ballin'
Damn Brace really is rich
I regret to inform you that you are actually tall
Lol another reason why the most I've ever made is like 10k a year.
Making $189,000 a year is my 9'11"
5' 10(.5)" and don't make ish...
The most oppressed group society is manlets.
This explains John Fetterman
Forbes is incel propaganda
Those guys are both just Lieutenant Commander Andy Billups. Since he lives in a post-scarcity communist society, he has no need of a salary, whatever his height.