Abolish Amerikkka to Late Stage Anglo-American Empire · edit-24 months agoResearchers estimate that each additional centimeter of height is associated with a 1.30% increase in annual income.imagemessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up165arrow-down11file-textcross-posted to: chapotraphouse@hexbear.net
arrow-up164arrow-down1imageResearchers estimate that each additional centimeter of height is associated with a 1.30% increase in annual income.Abolish Amerikkka to Late Stage Anglo-American Empire · edit-24 months agomessage-square46fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: chapotraphouse@hexbear.net
Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/traversmark/2020/04/16/your-height-has-a-big-impact-on-your-salary-new-research-seeks-to-understand-why/ Archived Source: http://archive.today/bJNom
minus-squareFlightSimEnjoyerlinkfedilinkPortuguêsarrow-up7·4 months agoBeing richer means eating better, which means growing taller. Maybe it isn’t height that gets you income, but the opposite.
minus-squareunderwire212@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·4 months agoThat’s certainly one strong explanation (makes sense to me), but we can’t conclusively say if one causes the other. All we know is that there’s a correlation between height and income. All other conclusions made require additional assumptions.
Being richer means eating better, which means growing taller. Maybe it isn’t height that gets you income, but the opposite.
That’s certainly one strong explanation (makes sense to me), but we can’t conclusively say if one causes the other. All we know is that there’s a correlation between height and income. All other conclusions made require additional assumptions.