The labor market impact of relative body weight in Taiwan--a semiparametric analysis
學年 108
學期 1
出版（發表）日期 2020-01-31
作品名稱 The labor market impact of relative body weight in Taiwan--a semiparametric analysis
作品名稱（其他語言）
著者 Teng-Yuan Hu; Dong-Long Lin; Meng-Shiuh Chang; Ya-Tang Hsu
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著錄名稱、卷期、頁數 Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy 25(1), p.99-123
摘要 This study investigates the impact of relative body weight on the wage of full-time workers using a semiparametric partially linear model, by age cohort and gender. It defines relative body weight as relative BMI. The data mainly come from the 2004, 2006 and 2008 Panel Study of Family Dynamics of Taiwan. The results of the 2006 wave show that the wage penalty for heavy persons is more significant among women than among men, in both the main and child samples. A penalty for thin persons also appears among young women. These patterns are robust to specifications correcting for endogeneity. Substantial differences in the relative BMI-wage profile between men and women indicate that the findings are consistent with the implication of cultivation theory—society holds different body standards for men versus women. By tracking the same cohort, it finds that the differences are reduced when the males and females both get older.
關鍵字 relative body weight;wage;semiparametric analysis
語言 en
ISSN 1354-7860;1469-9648
期刊性質 國外
收錄於 SSCI EconLit ABS*
產學合作
通訊作者 Teng-Yuan Hu (胡登淵)
審稿制度 是
國別 GBR
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出版型式 ,電子版,紙本
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機構典藏連結 ( http://tkuir.lib.tku.edu.tw:8080/dspace/handle/987654321/118073 )

SDGS 良好健康和福祉,性別平等,尊嚴就業與經濟發展,減少不平等