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Author: Majumder, Md. Alauddin
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Does Obesity Matter for Wages? Evidence from the United States Economic Papers 32,2 (June 2013): 200-217. Also: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1759-3441.12030/abstract Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: Wiley Online Keyword(s): Body Mass Index (BMI); Modeling, Fixed Effects; Obesity; Wage Penalty/Career Penalty; Wages; Weight Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. It is generally claimed that obesity adversely affects wages. This article is devoted to identifying the extent to which the claim is consistent with data. Drawing upon the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 (NLSY97), it examines the effects of obesity on wages by gender and ethnicity. First, an ordinary least squares model is estimated. Second, a fixed-effects (FE) model is used to remove time invariant unobserved heterogeneity. Finally, the FE specification is further estimated after replacing contemporaneous weight variables by one-year lags of weight variables to avoid reverse causality. Body mass index (BMI) is used as a continuous measure of weight and BMI splines (BMI ≥ 30 for obese, 30 > BMI ≥ 25 for overweight, 25 > BMI ≥ 18.5 for healthy weight and BMI<18.5 for underweight) are used as binary measures of weight. Lots of variables related to human capital, demographics, family background and personal attitude are controlled for. Findings provide evidence that white males receive a wage premium for higher BMI. Wages of all other ethno-gender groups seem to remain unaffected by obesity. |
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Majumder, Md. Alauddin. "Does Obesity Matter for Wages? Evidence from the United States." Economic Papers 32,2 (June 2013): 200-217.
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The Impact of Parenting Style on Children's Educational Outcomes in the United States Journal of Family and Economic Issues 37,1 (March 2016): 89-98. Also: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10834-015-9444-5/fulltext.html Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: Springer Keyword(s): Educational Attainment; Educational Outcomes; Modeling, OLS; Parenting Skills/Styles Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This paper examines the causal link between parenting style and children's educational outcomes. The existing literature seems to lack any effort to use a nationally representative data from the United States, to properly address endogeneity, or to examine educational outcomes beyond high school level. This paper attempts to mitigate these shortcomings. Drawing upon the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997, it first used OLS and logit regression. It then applied the maximum simulated likelihood approach to get rid of endogeneity, thereby isolating the causal impact of parenting style on children's educational outcomes. Findings suggested that parenting style mattered for children academic performance. Authoritative parenting style was found to be the best among all types of parenting style. Particularly, relative to uninvolved parents' children, authoritatively reared children were predicted to have 1.1 more years of schooling and be 18.5, 13.6, and 16.3 percentage points more likely to obtain at least bachelor's degree, associate's degree, and high school diploma, respectively. Also, they had 5.5 percentage points less likelihood of being high school dropouts than children reared by uninvolved parents. |
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Majumder, Md. Alauddin. "The Impact of Parenting Style on Children's Educational Outcomes in the United States." Journal of Family and Economic Issues 37,1 (March 2016): 89-98.
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