Does obesity influence labour market outcomes among working-age adults? Evidence from Canadian longitudinal data
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- 作者：Samantha L. Larosea ; slarose3@alumni.uwo.ca" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Koffi A. Kpelitsea ; kkpelits@uwo.ca" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; M. Karen Campbella ; b ; c ; Karen.Campbell@schulich.uwo.ca" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Gregory S. Zaricd ; a ; gzaric@ivey.uwo.ca" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Sisira Sarmaa ; ssarma2@uwo.ca" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author
- 关键词：Obesity ; Employment ; Wages ; Income ; Heterogeneity ; Canada
- 刊名：Economics Human Biology
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：March 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：20
- 期：Complete
- 页码：26-41
- 全文大小：514 K
文摘
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We analyze the impact of obesity on employment and earnings among Canadian adults.
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Obesity and BMI are not associated with employment status for both women and men.
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Obesity is associated with reduced wage rate of 4% (2%) for women (men).
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Obesity is associated with reduced annual income of 4.5% (2%) for women (men).
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Our study suggests weight has no causal effect on labour market outcomes in Canada.