The economic reality of The beauty myth.
We investigate income, marital status, and hourly pay differentials by body mass (kg/m2) in a sample of 23- to 31-year-olds drawn from the 1988 NLSY. Obese women have lower family incomes than women whose weight-for-height is in the “recommended” range. Results for men are weaker and mixed. We fi...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Human Resources Vol. 31; pp. 304 - 331 |
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University of Wisconsin Press
Spring96
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