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Title: Essays on Social Inequality and Discrimination
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Jiang, Ye |
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Essays on Social Inequality and Discrimination Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Economics, State University of New York at Buffalo, 2021 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (PQDT) Keyword(s): Discrimination, Body weight; Gender Differences; Labor Supply; Obesity; Wage Penalty/Career Penalty Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. The second chapter examines the negative impacts of obesity on wages and labor supply throughout American workers' careers. The analysis addresses econometric challenges, such as workers' selection into the labor force and the endogeneity of workers' obesity status. Robust evidence reveals that the obesity penalty on wages is stubborn throughout workers' careers after careful examinations of many possible mechanisms. Female obese workers tend to bear heavier wage obesity penalties when entering the labor market, especially those working in manual and service sectors. Male obese workers in higher-paying industries, who are more educated and experienced, suffer from larger wage differential compared with non-obese colleagues during their careers. At the same time, obese workers tend to reduce their labor supply in response to the wage obesity penalty, especially those who have more flexibility or fewer concerns with their career development. |
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Jiang, Ye. Essays on Social Inequality and Discrimination. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Economics, State University of New York at Buffalo, 2021. |