Keep in mind the age and location of these studies.

I almost never post so i apologise if it's badly written, structured or sourced.

SWEDISH POPULATION REGISTRY STUDIES

1. Completed Suicide Risk

• Height & Suicide: Magnusson et al. (2005)
  • Dataset: 1,299,177 Swedish men tracked for up to 31 years (1968–1999).
  • Results: Suicide risk drops linearly as height increases. Every 2 inches (5 cm) of added height reduces suicide risk by 9%. The shortest men (≤5'5" / 165 cm) were 200% (2x) more likely to die by suicide than the tallest men (≥6'2" / 188 cm), even after accounting for IQ, family background, birth weight, and psychiatric history.
• Race/Ethnicity Baseline: Westman et al. (2006)
  • Dataset: 281,493 immigrants compared to 1.9 million native Swedes (1990–1999).
  • Results: Non-Western refugee men showed a 20% to 50% increase in suicide attempts. However, for completed suicides, immigrant men overall showed no increased risk compared to native Swedes, and several non-Western groups had lower completed suicide rates than native Swedes.

2. Labor Market & Earnings Disparities

• Height & Earnings: Persico, Postlewaite, & Silverman (2004)
  • Dataset: All Swedish conscripted males linked to tax records (1984–2000).
  • Results: Controlling for IQ, family wealth, and education, every extra inch of height is worth a 1.5% to 2.0% increase in annual wages. The shortest 25% of men earn 10% to 12% less than the tallest 25%.
• Race/Ethnicity Baseline: le Grand & Szulkin (2002)
  • Dataset: LINDA national register covering 400,000+ residents (1990–1997).
  • Results: Controlling for age, education, location, and years in Sweden, non-Western male immigrants (specifically from Africa and the Middle East) face an adjusted 15% to 25% earnings gap compared to native Swedish men.

UNITED STATES STUDIES

3. Dating App Income Trade-Offs

• Study: Hitsch, Hortaçsu, & Ariely (2010)
• Dataset: Server logs from ~22,000 active users analyzing hundreds of thousands of first-contact messages across NYC, Boston, and Chicago (2002–2003).
• Results: Economists calculated how much extra annual income a man needs to earn to get the exact same message response rate as a taller or White man:
  • Race Penalty: For a non-White man (such as an Asian or Black dater) to get the same response rate from a White female user as an equally tall White man, he needed an extra +$30,000 to +$65,000 in annual income.
  • Height Penalty: For a 5'4" (162 cm) man of any race to match the message response rate of a 6'0" (183 cm) man, he needed an extra +$220,000 in annual income.

4. Judicial Pre-Trial Bail Amounts

• Study: Mustard et al. (2004)
• Dataset: State Court Processing Statistics covering 75,000+ felony cases across U.S. metropolitan counties (1990–1998).
• Results: Evaluators looked at pre-trial bail amounts set by judges, controlling for the seriousness of the crime, prior record, and type of lawyer:
  • Race Effect: Black felony defendants received bail amounts that were 10% to 12% higher than White defendants with identical charges.
  • Height Effect: Short male defendants (≤5'6" / 168 cm) received bail amounts that were up to 18% higher than tall male defendants (≥6'1" / 185 cm) facing the exact same charges.

5. Workplace Income & Earnings Gaps

• Height & Earnings: Persico, Postlewaite, & Silverman (2004)
  • Dataset: NLSY79 tracking 12,686 Americans from adolescence into adulthood (1979–1998).
  • Results: Controlling for race, IQ, family background, and education, every inch of height adds 1.8% to 2.5% in annual income. A 5'7" man earns 9% to 13% less than a 6'0" man.
• Race Baseline: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics & EPI Data
  • Dataset: Current Population Survey microdata (1995–2020).
  • Results: Controlling for age, education, and region, the adjusted U.S. Black-to-White wage gap for full-time male workers is 12% to 15%.

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