A working paper published in May 2016 by the National Bureau of Economic Research titled “Height and Cognition at Work: Labor Market Productivity in a Low Income Setting” by D. LaFave and D. Thomas shows that tall people are more productive. A large-scale longitudinal study conducted in Central Java, Indonesia was designed to collect detailed information on human capital and … [Read more...]
A Century of Trends in Adult Height
An exciting research study titled 'A century of trends in adult human height' recently came out. The study re-analysed a staggering 1,472 population-based studies, with measurement of height of more than 18.6 million participants to estimate the mean height for people born between 1896 and 1996 in 200 countries. A summary of the study results are presented below. People … [Read more...]
5 More Reasons Being Tall Is Awesome
A while back I posted an article titled "5 reasons being tall is awesome" (if you haven't read it yet, you can read it here). Whilst that article listed what I consider to be the 5 best reasons why being tall is a blessing, they are far from all the reasons why being tall is awesome. Thus, this article lists 5 MORE reasons why being tall is awesome. If you are tall, I hope you … [Read more...]
5 Reasons being Tall is Awesome
Whilst there is usually a lot of talk about "tall people problems" and many jokes and memes are made about the inconveniences of being tall, I want to point out that being tall is awesome and comes with many associated advantages and associated benefits. If you are tall, I hope you are embracing your height to the full, if not I hope this article will inspire you to stand tall … [Read more...]
My Best Tall Victory
I’d like to share with you my BEST tall person victory. Despite having to deal with many day-to-day problems, I’d like to point out that it's not all doom and gloom for us tall folk. There are many situations where being tall is advantageous and tall people do have successes too. This victory happened about 2 years ago and it was such a monumental moment for me that I still … [Read more...]
How Tall are you Worth?
Tall people rejoice! Here is some more great news about your height (and monetary worth): ...the taller you are the more money you are worth! If you step into the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (U.S. Department of the Treasury) in Washington D.C. you will see the following poster: The poster shows how much money you would have if you stacked $100 bills from the ground … [Read more...]