This study analyzes the labor market dimension of a worldwide social concern: the growing
level of obesity. Using detailed, individual information of Chilean workers, the study finds a …

The prevalence of obesity in the USA has risen dramatically in the last several decades.
Obesity, defined as when a person has a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or higher, rose from …

Prior research indicates overweight women are penalized with lower wages. The connection
between weight and wages is tested for several occupational categories. The results …

Sociocultural values promoting Western body-type ideals have proliferated over the past 20
years. An important question is whether the same obesity wage penalties seen in the United …

A Canadian study of weight discrimination also known as the obesity wage-penalty. This
paper adds to the limited Canadian literature while also introducing a causal model, which …

This paper utilizes a rich longitudinal data set--the Women's Employment Study (WES) to
investigate whether obesity, which is common among women of low socioeconomic status …

This paper investigates the roots of potential labor-market discrimination underlying the
negative correlation between obesity and hourly wages. Using a panel dataset of white …

There is growing evidence that obese people often receive lower wages and are less likely
to be employed than nonobese people, and that these adverse outcomes are likely caused …

The economics literature supports a link between labor market measures, such as earnings,
and health conditions, such as obesity. There is reason to believe the effects of obesity on …

Although a negative association between obesity and labour market outcomes is commonly
reported in many studies, the causal nature of this relationship remains unclear. Using …