title: The value of male height in the marriage market.
abstract: Analyzing the Indonesian Family Life Survey 2007, this paper estimates the value of relative height (relative to the spouse's height) in the marriage market of a developing country. The results indicate that the value of a 1cm reduction in the husband's height relative to his wife's height is about 3% of his earnings. 3% of the mean of yearly earnings amounts to Rp. 492,000 or US$54 in 2007. That value is reduced to 1% when earnings-generating attributes are controlled for. This difference of 2% points can be considered the value that women attach to their husbands' earnings-generating attributes; meanwhile, the remaining 1% suggests that there are still other attributes that women look for in male height.
authors.affiliation: Konkuk University, Economics, 120 Neungdong-ro, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: iamwe2@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Kitae
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sohn
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001827:Body Height; D003906:Developing Countries; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007214:Indonesia; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014505:Urban Population
keywords: Evolution; Height; Indonesian family life survey; Marriage; Value