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The wage effects of obesity: a longitudinal study

✍ Scribed by Charles L. Baum II; William F. Ford

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2004
Tongue
English
Weight
160 KB
Volume
13
Category
Article
ISSN
1057-9230

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✦ Synopsis

Abstract

We use National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY) data to examine the effects of obesity on wages by gender. Sample means indicate that both men and women experience a persistent obesity wage penalty over the first two decades of their careers. We then control for a standard set of socioeconomic and familial variables but find that standard covariates do not explain why obese workers experience persistent wage penalties. This suggests that other variables – including job discrimination, health‐related factors and/or obese workers' behavior patterns – may be the channels through which obesity adversely affects wages. The study closes with a discussion of the public policy implications suggested by these findings. Copyright Β© 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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