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Three Essays on Market Structure Variation and Labor Market Outcomes Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Business Administration, University of Michigan, 2014. Also: https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/handle/2027.42/108874 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: University of Michigan Keyword(s): Body Mass Index (BMI); Discrimination, Body weight; Labor Market Outcomes; Obesity; Wage Penalty/Career Penalty Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This dissertation consists of three chapters focusing on market structure variations and labor market outcomes in the health care sector. Chapter 3 (with Mario Macis) examines the effects of obesity on wages and employment levels. The results from previous studies are confirmed-- obese white females suffered a wage and employment penalty in the period 1989-2000. However, these wage penalties disappeared after the year 2000. This chapter also distinguishes between competing explanations for the wage and employment penalties by examining the wages of obese individuals in regions with relatively higher BMIs. The findings are consistent with explanations based on labor market discrimination against obese females, whereas they are not consistent with explanations based on higher health care costs. |
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Depasquale, Christina Marie. Three Essays on Market Structure Variation and Labor Market Outcomes. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Business Administration, University of Michigan, 2014.. |