Several studies have found that, all else equal, heavier women earn less. Previous research has been unable to … Youth, this paper attempts to generate consistent estimates of the effect of weight on labor market outcomes for women … lowers wages for white women; among this group, a difference in weight of two standard deviations (roughly sixty-five pounds …

Measuring gender inequality and women's empowerment is essential to understand the determinants of gender gaps …, based on the ratio of female to male body mass index, to measure women's empowerment at the country level. Finally, by using …

The worldwide obesity epidemic has impacted women more heavily than men. These gender-based differences are …

expect that higher BMI will increase willingness to supply labor in labor markets, especially for women. We use US panel data … as an instrument for own BMI to address potential endogeneity of BMI in hours worked. We find that White women with … higher BMI work more. This is true for both single and married White women. Results for other groups of women and men produce …

and overweight women is symptomatic of the double burden of malnutrition. The present study aims to throw new light on the … double burden of malnutrition among Indian women in the age group 22-49 years. The analysis is based on a nationally … composition and frequency of eating. We find that there is a socio-economic patterning of underweight and overweight women, with a …