title: Body weight and wages: evidence from Add Health.
abstract: This note uses data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health to examine the relationship between body weight and wages. Ordinary least squares (OLS) and individual fixed effects estimates provide evidence that overweight and obese white women are paid substantially less per hour than their slimmer counterparts. Two-stage least squares (2SLS) estimation confirms this relationship, suggesting that it is not driven by time-variant unobservables.
authors: San Diego State University, Department of Economics, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92182-4485, United States. jsabia@mail.sdsu.edu
authors: Joseph J
authors: JJ
authors: Sabia
authors: Daniel I
authors: DI
authors: Rees
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015992:Body Mass Index; D001835:Body Weight; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D009749:Nutrition Surveys; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D044465:White People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055815:Young Adult