TY - JOUR
T1 - Weight discrimination in the German labour market
AU - Katsaiti, Marina Selini
AU - Shamsuddin, Mrittika
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Taylor & Francis.
PY - 2016/9/13
Y1 - 2016/9/13
N2 - We explore the effects of higher body mass index (BMI) or obesity on different labour market outcomes. We extend the present literature by investigating the effect of obesity on (i) promotion likelihood and (ii) unemployment duration, in addition to the effect on (iii) wages and (iv) probability of being employed. We find an obesity penalty on wages, employment likelihood, promotion likelihood and unemployment duration among females in Germany taking into account of endogeneity of BMI and sample selection. We are also able to identify an unexplained effect of obesity on wages, employment and promotion likelihood for females using decomposition techniques that can be attributed to weight discrimination.
AB - We explore the effects of higher body mass index (BMI) or obesity on different labour market outcomes. We extend the present literature by investigating the effect of obesity on (i) promotion likelihood and (ii) unemployment duration, in addition to the effect on (iii) wages and (iv) probability of being employed. We find an obesity penalty on wages, employment likelihood, promotion likelihood and unemployment duration among females in Germany taking into account of endogeneity of BMI and sample selection. We are also able to identify an unexplained effect of obesity on wages, employment and promotion likelihood for females using decomposition techniques that can be attributed to weight discrimination.
KW - Obesity
KW - discrimination
KW - employment
KW - promotion
KW - wage
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U2 - 10.1080/00036846.2016.1153791
DO - 10.1080/00036846.2016.1153791
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84961216685
SN - 0003-6846
VL - 48
SP - 4167
EP - 4182
JO - Applied Economics
JF - Applied Economics
IS - 43
ER -