Obesity and labour market success in Finland: The difference between having a high BMI and being fat
Obesity and labour market success in Finland: The difference between having a high BMI and being fat
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DOI：
10.1016/j.ehb.2009.01.008
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发表时间：
2009-03-01
影响因子：
2.5
通讯作者：
Heliovaara, Markku
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作者：
Johansson, Edvard;Bockerman, Petri;Heliovaara, Markku
本文探讨肥胖和劳动力市场的成功之间的关系，在芬兰，使用各种指标的个人身体成分沿着身体质量指数（BMI）。体重、身高、脂肪量和腰围由健康专业人员测量。我们发现，只有腰围与女性的工资呈负相关，而没有肥胖措施是显着的线性工资模型中的男性。然而，所有肥胖指标都与妇女的就业概率呈负相关，脂肪量与男子的就业概率呈负相关。我们还发现，腰围和脂肪量的类别的使用对结果有很大的影响。例如，高脂肪量的类别与男性工资低约5.5%有关。总而言之，结果表明，在缺乏身体成分测量的情况下，与肥胖相关的劳动力市场处罚存在着测量偏差的风险。(C)2009爱思唯尔有限公司版权所有。
This paper examines the relationship between obesity and labour market success in Finland, using various indicators of individual body composition along with body mass index (BMI). Weight, height, fat mass and waist circumference are measured by health professionals. We find that only waist circumference has a negative association with wages for women, whereas no obesity measure is significant in the linear wage models for men. However, all measures of obesity are negatively associated with women's employment probability and fat mass is negatively associated with men's employment probability. We also find that the use of categories for waist circumference and fat mass has a substantial influence on the results. For example, the category for high fat mass is associated with roughly 5.5% lower wages for men. All in all, the results indicate that in the absence of measures of body composition, there is a risk that labour market penalties associated with obesity are measured with bias. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.