This paper analyzes the relationship between three body weight measures and employment status and wages, thereby broadening the perspective of the literature on obesity and labor market outcomes. The analysis uses a unique dataset from a Danish panel survey from 1995 and 2000, combined with administrative registers, covering 8000 individuals. Results show a negative effect of body weight on employment for women, with a small positive effect of being overweight on employment for men. When the sample is split into the private and the public sector, results further show that in the private sector body weight has a negative effect on wages for women but a positive effect for men, whereas in the public sector body weight has no influence on wages for either men or women.
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Paper provided by University of Aarhus, Aarhus School of Business, Department of Economics in its series Working Papers with number
07-13.
Length: 57 pages Date of creation: 01 Jan 2007 Date of revision: Handle: RePEc:hhs:aareco:2007_013
Note: Published in: Economics & Human Biology, Vol 6, No. 3, 2008 “Obesity and Labour Market Outcomes in Denmark” Contact details of provider: Postal: The Aarhus School of Business, Prismet, Silkeborgvej 2, DK 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark Phone: +45 89 486396 Fax: +45 8615 5175 Web page: http://www.asb.dk/departments/nat.aspx More information through EDIRC
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