Does BMI matter?An empirical study of labor market success in Taiwan

• Main Authors: Shih-Yao Peng, 彭士耀
• Other Authors: Chiang-Ming Chen
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2010
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/bpsqzq

碩士 === 國立暨南國際大學 === 經濟學系 === 98 === This study uses data from 2004 Panel Study of Family Dynamics (PSFD) to examine the effect of obesity on employment and wage. Past studies are limited to the issue regarding the impact of obesity on employment or wage, respectively. Furthermore, I use Heckman Two Stage method to simultaneously estimate labor participation and wage. This study takes account of the possible endogeneity of obesity in the employment function and wage function, so the following procedures are implemented. First, a Hausman Test is employed to test whether BMI is an endogenous variable or not. Next, if the endogeneity of BMI cannot be rejected, this study corrects the endogeneity problem by using Instrumental Variables (IV) approach. The empirical evidence shows that BMI has a statistical significant and positive effect on male worker’s employment but a negative effect on female worker’s employment. On the other hand, my finding shows that BMI is negatively associated with female worker’s wage.