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 considers the shape invariant modelling approach in semiparametric regression estimation. Nonparametric … estimation procedure is suggested. √N- consistency of the parameter estimates is proved. Finite sample performance of this …

rotated "check" function. We apply the method to correct wage percentiles for selection into employment, using data for the UK …