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    The value of male height in the marriage market

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    Authors
    Sohn, Kitae
    Date
    2015
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Sohn, K. 2015. The value of male height in the marriage market. Economics and Human Biology. 18: pp. 110-124.
    Source Title
    Economics and Human Biology
    DOI
    10.1016/j.ehb.2015.05.004
    ISSN
    1570-677X
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/62171
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    • Curtin Research Publications
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    © 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.Analyzing the Indonesian Family Life Survey 2007, this paper estimates the value of relative height (relative to the spouse's height) in the marriage market of a developing country. The results indicate that the value of a 1 cm reduction in the husband's height relative to his wife's height is about 3% of his earnings. 3% of the mean of yearly earnings amounts to Rp. 492,000 or US$54 in 2007. That value is reduced to 1% when earnings-generating attributes are controlled for. This difference of 2% points can be considered the value that women attach to their husbands' earnings-generating attributes; meanwhile, the remaining 1% suggests that there are still other attributes that women look for in male height.

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