کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
5056903 1476559 2016 16 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Does obesity influence labour market outcomes among working-age adults? Evidence from Canadian longitudinal data
ترجمه فارسی عنوان
آیا چاقی بر نتایج بازار کار در میان افراد سالم تاثیر می گذارد؟ شواهد از داده های طولی کانادایی
کلمات کلیدی
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علوم کشاورزی و بیولوژیک علوم کشاورزی و بیولوژیک (عمومی)
چکیده انگلیسی


- We analyze the impact of obesity on employment and earnings among Canadian adults.
- Obesity and BMI are not associated with employment status for both women and men.
- Obesity is associated with reduced wage rate of 4% (2%) for women (men).
- Obesity is associated with reduced annual income of 4.5% (2%) for women (men).
- Our study suggests weight has no causal effect on labour market outcomes in Canada.

Although a negative association between obesity and labour market outcomes is commonly reported in many studies, the causal nature of this relationship remains unclear. Using nationally representative longitudinal data from the last six confidential master files (2000/2001-2010/2011) of the National Population Health Survey, we examine the association between obesity and employment participation and earnings among working-age adults in Canada. After controlling for demographic and socioeconomic characteristics, lifestyle factors and time-invariant individual heterogeneity, our results show that obesity is not significantly associated with employment participation but is associated with reduced hourly wage rate and annual income among women by about 4% and 4.5%, respectively. The corresponding results for men show that obesity is associated with about 2% reduction in wage rate and income, but significant at 10% level. However, after controlling for the potential reverse causality bias using the lagged measure of obesity, the effect of obesity on wage rate and income became positive or statistically non-significant. Our findings suggest that obesity is not causally associated with negative labour market outcomes among working-age men in Canada. For working-age women, we find limited evidence of negative labour market outcomes.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Economics & Human Biology - Volume 20, March 2016, Pages 26-41
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