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Occupational Characteristics and the Obesity Wage Penalty

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Shinall, Jennifer Bennett·2014·SSRN Electronic Journal
DOI 10.2139/ssrn.2379575
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Abstract

This paper demonstrates that obese women are more likely to work in jobs that emphasize physical activity, but they are less likely to work in jobs that emphasize public interaction. The same patterns in occupational characteristics do not exist for obese men. In light of prior literature finding an unexplained wage gap between obese women and non-obese women, these results are particularly relevant since physical activity jobs pay relatively less on average, while public interaction jobs pay relatively more. Moreover, the few obese women who work in public interaction occupations receive lower wages than non-obese women, and their wage penalty offsets the general premium to working in a job emphasizing public interaction. Together, these results suggest that taste-based discrimination may be driving occupational sorting among obese women and, as a result, is at least one source of the wage penalty experienced by obese women.

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Authors
Shinall, J. B.
Affiliations
Vanderbilt University (US)
Corresponding author
Shinall, Jennifer Bennett
ORCID
Shinall, Jennifer Bennett
Venue
SSRN Electronic Journal
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2014
ISSN
1556-5068 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.2139/ssrn.2379575
OpenAlex
W2336049756
Cited by
17
References
48
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 4 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 1
Type
posted content
Language
en
Open access
Locations
SSRN Electronic Journal (acceptedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Labor market dynamics and wage inequality
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Obesity and Health Practices
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Names, Identity, and Discrimination Research
Keywords
obesity, wage penalty, occupational sorting, gender pay gap, taste discrimination, obese women, job characteristics

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