The wage effects of obesity: a longitudinal study
利用美国青年纵向调查数据，研究发现男性和女性在职业生涯前二十年都持续遭受肥胖工资惩罚，且标准社会经济变量无法解释这一现象，暗示歧视、健康或行为模式可能是作用渠道。
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.