A Mechanistic Approach to Tracing Anthropometric Charts: The Extended Mechanistic Growth Function Method

摘要

ObjectivesSeveral empirical studies point out the relevance of individuals' physical attributessuch as height, weight, beautyin the labor market. In the same way, physical characteristics may affect lifetime prospects through their impact on the selection of a partner in the marriage market. We analyzed to what extent an individual's height and weight (arguably affecting physical attractiveness, as documented in many studies) are related to lifetime economic outcomes through the marriage market, investigating whether individual height and weight affect the probability of marrying with a high-quality partner, measuring quality as the partner's educational attainment or as the partner's prospective labor income.