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> Something else? Here's one more thing that might be a confounding factor - taller people have higher salaries [0], and on average men are taller than women.
by imron 9y ago
> Something else?
Here's one more thing that might be a confounding factor - taller people have higher salaries [0], and on average men are taller than women.
Maybe just a spurious correlation [1], but still interesting to think about.
0: https://www.livescience.com/5552-taller-people-earn-money.html https://www.livescience.com/5552-taller-people-earn-money.ht...
1: http://www.tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations http://www.tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations
- derefr 9y agoI'd love to know if women as tall as men get paid closer to men's salaries, as a group.
- belorn 9y agoIt would be odd if hight was the only factor. The question I would like to know is how large the height factor is to other measurable effects.
- Cthulhu_ 9y agoI did notice (anecdotal) that people in management are usually taller. Taller than me I might add, and I'm a solid 6'2" (which is like... slightly above average in NL). A lot of people in management are closer to 6'6" (2 meters).