Los altos ganan más
Una investigación descubrió que la gente alta gana más
Tall people earn more
Researchers in Australia have found that tall people earn higher wages than their shorter counterparts. They also found that chubby people earn more than those who are skinny.
Reporter: Nick Bryant
The long and short of this Australian report is that tall workers earn significantly more than their vertically challenged counterparts. A six foot man can expect a windfall of almost $750 a year.
The researchers found there were practical reasons why the size gap translated into a pay gap. Tall people were sometimes more capable of performing certain physical tasks, like reaching high shelves. But the discrepancy is explained mainly by discrimination, the simple fact that society tends to look on tall people as more powerful and smarter, even when they're not.
The study from the Australian National University also found that slimmer workers tend to get slimmer pay packets. Fat men earn 5% more than their slender colleagues.
Nick Bryant, BBC News, Sydney
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vertically challenged bajos (en forma indirecta)
counterparts homólogos
windfall en este caso, algo inesperado
translated into resultó en
discrepancy discrepancia, diferencia grande
discrimination discriminación
tend to get slimmer pay packets suelen ganar paquetes salariales "más flacos"
slender delgados
