… In this paper, we examine the effect of body composition on wages. A majority of the
previous studies on this subject use BMI and bodyweight to measure obesity. However, there is …

… By replacing the BMI with indirect estimates of body composition, we hope to contribute to
… In the next section we explain the strategy for estimating body composition and present the …

… We find that BMI affects wages negatively in Europe, and that the size of this effect is larger
for males than for females. The uncovered relationship is much stronger on average in the …

… effect of body mass index (BMI) on wages differs significantly across the wage distribution. …
BMI is generally decreasing in wages; at higher wage quantiles the estimates are negative …

… We call this ‘residual wage growth’ since it is wage growth that is not accounted for by the
variables listed above.We compare these residual wage changes between PRB occupations …

… (a) a wage penalty, a negative association between body size and wages, exists for women,
… This study proposes three main mechanisms by which body weight adversely affects wages…

… We investigate tiae impact of four indicators of health on wages of urban workers: these
indicators are height, body mass index (weight divided by height squared), per capita calorie …

… wages and body size –typically measured by the body mass … , rather than equating body
size with the body mass index, the … height having additional effects on wages. We interpret our …

… The aim of this research is to estimate the impact of body size, height and BMI, on labor wage
rates for a sample of Guatemalan workers aged 25-42. Consider a typical wage production …

… , body size measures are related to hourly wages. We find that anthropometric attributes
play a significant role in wage regressions in addition to attractiveness, showing that body size …