02-13-2008, 02:16 PM
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Pissing in the cornflakes
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Originally Posted by roachboy
uh...because economic inequality has fuck all to do with arbitrary physical attributes like height.
it's a bad analogy.
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O'rly?
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/Careers/0...ple/index.html
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To add insult to injury, height has not only been linked to larger paychecks and greater self-confidence, but also to higher intelligence.*
Sweet Sixteen
For decades, social scientists have studied what is referred to as the "height premium" -- the increased earnings that, on average, taller people receive.
A 2001 study by Nicola Persico, Andrew Postlewaite and Dan Silverman of the University of Pennsylvania, found that it's the height a person had as a teenager that matters when it comes to bringing home the bacon as an adult.
"Two adults of the same age and height who were different heights at age 16 are treated differently on the labor market," Persico, Postlewaite and Silverman concluded. "The person who was taller as a teen earns more."
"Those who were relatively short when young," they continued, "were less likely to participate in social activities associated with the accumulation of productive skills and attributes, and report lower self-esteem." ...
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