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1. Cawley, John
What Explains Race and Gender Differences in the Relationship between Obesity and Wages?
Gender Issues 21,3 (Summer 2003): 30-49.
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Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Periodicals Service Company and Schmidt Periodicals GmbH
Keyword(s): Benefits; Discrimination, Racial/Ethnic; Ethnic Groups/Ethnicity; Gender Differences; Obesity; Wages

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Previous research has consistently found strong race and gender differences in the correlation between obesity and wages. This paper tests four possible explanations for these differences: (1) there is voluntary sorting of the obese into jobs with better health benefits at the expense of lower wages, that differs by gender and race/ethnicity; (2) weight affects self-esteem or depression in a manner that varies by gender and race/ethnicity; (3) weight affects physical health and disability in a manner that varies by gender and race/ethnicity; (4) there is weight-based discrimination in employment that differs by gender and race/ ethnicity. Using National Longitudinal Survey of Youth data for 1981-2000, this paper finds evidence consistent with the physical health and disability hypothesis, but little evidence to support the other three hypotheses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Bibliography Citation
Cawley, John. "What Explains Race and Gender Differences in the Relationship between Obesity and Wages?" Gender Issues 21,3 (Summer 2003): 30-49.
2. Rashad, Inas
Assessing the Underlying Economic Causes and Consequences of Obesity
Gender Issues 21,3 (Summer 2003): 17-29.
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Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Periodicals Service Company and Schmidt Periodicals GmbH
Keyword(s): Epidemiology; Gender Differences; Labor Market Outcomes; Marriage; Modeling, Hazard/Event History/Survival/Duration; Obesity; Technology/Technological Changes

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Obesity rates in the United States have doubled for adults and tripled for children since the 1980s. Finding causes for this drastic rise is key in finding possible solutions to reverse this trend. Technological advances and changes in societal norms are environmental shifts that have largely contributed to the epidemic. There are substantial medical consequences to being obese, and in addition, there are considerable social and labor market consequences, particularly for women. There is thus a pressing need for solutions, as costs of being obese arc likely societal and not limited to personal ones. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR].

Before attempting to find solutions, [the author identifies] the causes for the extraordinary rise in obesity as of late. [The author addresses] these, and then look at some consequences. In an exercise using the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (1979 cohort). [The author assesses] the likelihood of a specific type of social consequence—marriage--using hazard models.

Bibliography Citation
Rashad, Inas. "Assessing the Underlying Economic Causes and Consequences of Obesity." Gender Issues 21,3 (Summer 2003): 17-29.