Life at the top: The benefits of height
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- Angus S. Deaton & Raksha Arora, 2009. "Life at the top: the benefits of height," NBER Working Papers 15090, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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Height Emotions Wellbeing Income Education;JEL classification:
- D6 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics
- I10 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - General
- I30 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General
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