Cinnirella, Francesco; Piopiunik, Marc; Winter, Joachim - In: Economics & Human Biology 9 (2011) 4, pp. 407-418
Height is positively associated with educational attainment. We investigate the mechanisms behind this relationship using data on German pre-teen students. We show that taller children are more likely to enroll in Gymnasium, the most academic secondary school track, and that primary school...