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Life at the Top: The Benefits of Height

Angus Deaton
Princeton University; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Raksha Arora
affiliation not provided to SSRN


June 2009

NBER Working Paper No. w15090

Abstract:     
According to the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index daily poll of the US population, taller people live better lives, at least on average. They evaluate their lives more favorably, and they are more likely to report a range of positive emotions such as enjoyment and happiness. They are also less likely to report a range of negative experiences, like sadness, and physical pain, though they are more likely to experience stress and anger, and if they are women, to worry. These findings cannot be attributed to different demographic or ethnic characteristics of taller people, but are almost entirely explained by the positive association between height and both income and education, both of which are positively linked to better lives.

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JEL Classifications: D6, I10, I30

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Date posted: June 20, 2009 ; Last revised: July 13, 2009

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Deaton, Angus S. and Arora, Raksha, Life at the Top: The Benefits of Height (June 2009). NBER Working Paper No. w15090. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1422968


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Angus S. Deaton (Contact Author)
Princeton University ( email )
Woodrow Wilson School
Princeton, NJ 08544
United States
609-258-5967 (Phone)
609-258-5974 (Fax)
HOME PAGE: http://www.wws.princeton.edu/~deaton
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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Cambridge, MA 02138
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Raksha Arora
affiliation not provided to SSRN
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