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100	1		_aHan, Euna. _933289
245	1	0	_aDirect and Indirect Effects of Teenage Body Weight on Adult Wages / _cEuna Han, Edward C. Norton, Lisa M. Powell.
260			_aCambridge, Mass. _bNational Bureau of Economic Research _c2009.
300			_a1 online resource: _billustrations (black and white);
490	1		_aNBER working paper series _vno. w15027
500			_aJune 2009.
520	3		_aPrevious estimates on the association between body weight and wages in the literature have been contingent on education and occupation. This paper examines the direct effect of BMI on wages and the indirect effects operating through education and occupation choice, particularly for late-teen BMI and adult wages. Using the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 data, we show that education is the main pathway for the indirect BMI wage penalty. The total BMI wage penalty is underestimated by 18% for women without including those indirect effects. Whereas for men there is no statistically significant direct BMI wage penalty, we do observe a small indirect wage penalty through education.
530			_aHardcopy version available to institutional subscribers
538			_aSystem requirements: Adobe [Acrobat] Reader required for PDF files.
538			_aMode of access: World Wide Web.
588	0		_aPrint version record
690		7	_aI1 - Health _2Journal of Economic Literature class.
690		7	_aJ31 - Wage Level and Structure • Wage Differentials _2Journal of Economic Literature class.
700	1		_aNorton, Edward C.
700	1		_aPowell, Lisa M. _932142
710	2		_aNational Bureau of Economic Research.
830		0	_aWorking Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) _vno. w15027.
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.nber.org/papers/w15027
856			_yAcceso en línea al DOI _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w15027
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