OLS specifications, which have been the main approaches in previous studies. Women's wages and employment probabilities do … indicates that looks, rather than health, is the driving force behind the adverse labor market outcomes to which overweight … women are subject. Further support is lent to this notion by the fact that wage penalties for overweight and obese women are …

OLS specifications, which have been the main approaches in previous studies. Women's wages and employment probabilities do … indicates that looks, rather than health, is the driving force behind the adverse labor market outcomes to which overweight … women are subject. Further support is lent to this notion by the fact that wage penalties for overweight and obese women are …

This paper presents a systematic analysis of the impact of socioeconomic status (SES) on overweight and obesity in … childhood but becomes inversely related to childhood SES as children age into adulthood. Estimation results show that children … from low SES families are less likely to be overweight or obese than their median and high SES peers. The results from …

employment discrimination gap. Findings – Clear evidence of gender differences was found in both countries, although differences … first time, assesses the level of gender employment discrimination in Greece and the UK analysing the differences between … and the UK respectively and also attempts to explore what accounts for the differences in the employment status between …

, distinguishing between the productivity and the discrimination hypotheses. We analyze employment, income, and sickness absence … significant employment penalty. Both genders experience a significant income penalty for obesity. We conclude that the penalties …

the discrimination channel, but that the negative effects of overweight on employment have more to do with ill health. All …In this paper, we re-examine the relationship between overweight and labour market success, using indicators of … effects on women’s employment probabilities. For men, the only obesity measure that is significant for men’s employment …

activity brought additional rewards or prevented losses) as well as the effects of the individual factors of gender, income … framing (which indicates loss aversion). There were interactions between gender and frame, and also income and frame: Females …

prediction: Food insecure mothers are more likely than child-free men and women and food insecure fathers to be overweight or …

status of adults as well as the overweight status of children. Longer hours increase one's own BMI and probability of being … mother's spouse's, work hours affect children's probability of being overweight. My estimates imply that changes in labor … the growth in childhood overweight. …