Han, Euna; Norton, Edward C.; Powell, Lisa M. - In: Economics & Human Biology 9 (2011) 4, pp. 381-392
education and occupation. In addition to the effect of current body weight status (body mass index (BMI) or obesity) on wages … and women via the pathways of education and occupation outcomes. Late-teen obesity is indirectly associated with 3 ….5% lower hourly wages for both women and men. These results are important because they imply that the total effect of obesity …