@inbook{e96d1306b7444a029fec7a7dd68c0695,
title = "Gender, Body Mass, and Socioeconomic Status: New Evidence from the PSID",
abstract = "Previous research provides evidence of a negative effect of body mass on women's economic outcomes. We extend this research by using a much older sample of individuals from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics and by using a body mass measure that is lagged by 15 years instead of the traditional 7 years. One of the main contributions of this paper is a replication of previous research findings given our differing samples and measures. We compare OLS estimates with sibling fixed effects estimates and find that obesity is associated with an 18% reduction in women's wages, a 25% reduction in women's family income, and a 16% reduction in women's probability of marriage. These effects are robust - they persist much longer than previously understood and they persist across the life course, affecting older women as well as younger women.",
author = "Dalton Conley and Rebecca Glauber",
year = "2006",
doi = "10.1016/S0731-2199(06)17010-7",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "0762314060",
series = "Advances in Health Economics and Health Services Research",
pages = "253--275",
editor = "Kristian Bolin and John Cawley",
booktitle = "The Economics of Obesity",
}