The Impact of Obesity on Wages

Autor/in	Cawley, John
Titel	The Impact of Obesity on Wages
Quelle	In: Journal of Human Resources, 39 (2004) 2, S.451-474 (24 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-166X
Schlagwörter	Obesity; Wages; Correlation; Regression (Statistics); Gender Differences; Racial Differences; Ethnicity; Whites; Females; Employment Experience + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adipositas; Wage; Löhne; Korrelation; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Geschlechterkonflikt; Rassenunterschied; Ethnizität; White; Weißer; Weibliches Geschlecht; Occupational experience; Job experience; Work experience; Berufserfahrung
Abstract	Previous studies of the relationship between body weight and wages have found mixed results. This paper uses a larger data set and several regression strategies in an attempt to generate more consistent estimates of the effect of weight on wages. Differences across gender, race, and ethnicity are explored. This paper finds that weight lowers wages for white females; OLS estimates indicate that a difference in weight of two standard deviations (roughly 65 pounds) is associated with a difference in wages of 9 percent. In absolute value, this is equivalent to the wage effect of roughly one and a half years of education or three years of work experience. Negative correlations between weight and wages observed for other gender-ethnic groups appear to be due to unobserved heterogeneity. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10