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Abstract

This paper examines whether the height premium for academic outcomes is driven by unequal opportunities for tall individuals. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent Health, this paper shows that taller individuals typically earn higher grades and attain more schooling, but the associations are not uniform across school size. Height is only associated with better outcomes for students attending large schools and these improvements are concentrated among males. Data suggest that height contributes more to sports participation and school satisfaction in large schools where resources are more scarce. Thus, differential opportunities or treatment across height in large schools may drive the performance differences.

6. Conclusion

A large literature is devoted to explaining differences in academic and labor market outcomes and identifying the channels which propagate such disparities. There is strong evidence that height is related to better academic, labor market, and health outcomes. Yet the channels through which tall individuals excel are not fully understood. While there is convincing literature to suggest that height is a reflection of cognitive differences, this paper provides new evidence that differential treatment across stature may also contribute to the disparity in academic outcomes. In particular, large school settings are relatively more advantageous for tall male students. This is reflected through a height premium in several academic outcomes that only exists in large schools. Furthermore, the evidence suggests that the disadvantage may develop because the tall students are better able to acquire human capital building resources in large school settings.