TY  - CHAP
AB  - Previous research provides evidence of a negative effect of body mass on women's economic outcomes. We extend this research by using a much older sample of individuals from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics and by using a body mass measure that is lagged by 15 years instead of the traditional 7 years. One of the main contributions of this paper is a replication of previous research findings given our differing samples and measures. We compare OLS estimates with sibling fixed effects estimates and find that obesity is associated with an 18% reduction in women's wages, a 25% reduction in women's family income, and a 16% reduction in women's probability of marriage. These effects are robust – they persist much longer than previously understood and they persist across the life course, affecting older women as well as younger women.
VL  - 17
SN  - 978-1-84950-482-9, 978-0-7623-1406-5/0731-2199
DO  - 10.1016/S0731-2199(06)17010-7
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1016/S0731-2199(06)17010-7
AU  - Conley Dalton
AU  - Glauber Rebecca
ED  - Kristian Bolin
ED  - John Cawley
PY  - 2006
Y1  - 2006/01/01
TI  - Gender, Body Mass, and Socioeconomic Status: New Evidence from the PSID
T2  - The Economics of Obesity
T3  - Advances in Health Economics and Health Services Research
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 253
EP  - 275
Y2  - 2024/09/22
ER  -