Body mass index and occupational attainment

被引：115
作者：
Morris, S [1 ]
机构：
[1] Univ London Imperial Coll Sci Technol & Med, Tanaka Business Sch, London SW7 2AZ, England
来源：
JOURNAL OF HEALTH ECONOMICS | 2006年 / 25卷 / 02期
关键词：
body mass index; obesity; occupational attainment; instrumental variables;
D O I：
10.1016/j.jhealeco.2005.09.005
中图分类号：
F [经济];
学科分类号：
02 ;
摘要：
In this paper I investigate the impact of body mass index (BMI) on occupational attainment in England. Using pooled cross-sectional health survey data for 1997 and 1998 1 find using OLS that, conditional on a comprehensive set of individual and area covariates, BMI has a positive and significant effect on occupational attainment in males and a negative and significant effect in females. Subsequent analyses with different covariates show considerable variation in the results for males, while for females the effect of BMI is significant and negative irrespective of the covariates used. IV coefficients on the BMI measures are insignificant in all models, though I am unable to identify any endogeneity problem with respect to BMI. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页数：18
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