Johansson Edvard, Böckerman Petri, Kiiskinen Urpo, Heliövaara Markku
The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy, Lonnrotinkatu 4B, 00120 Helsinki, Finland.
Econ Hum Biol. 2009 Mar;7(1):36-45. doi: 10.1016/j.ehb.2009.01.008. Epub 2009 Feb 2.
This paper examines the relationship between obesity and labour market success in Finland, using various indicators of individual body composition along with body mass index (BMI). Weight, height, fat mass and waist circumference are measured by health professionals. We find that only waist circumference has a negative association with wages for women, whereas no obesity measure is significant in the linear wage models for men. However, all measures of obesity are negatively associated with women's employment probability and fat mass is negatively associated with men's employment probability. We also find that the use of categories for waist circumference and fat mass has a substantial influence on the results. For example, the category for high fat mass is associated with roughly 5.5% lower wages for men. All in all, the results indicate that in the absence of measures of body composition, there is a risk that labour market penalties associated with obesity are measured with bias.
本文利用个体身体成分的各种指标以及体重指数（BMI），研究了芬兰肥胖与劳动力市场成功之间的关系。体重、身高、脂肪量和腰围由健康专业人员测量。我们发现，只有腰围与女性工资呈负相关，而在男性的线性工资模型中，没有肥胖指标具有显著意义。然而，所有肥胖指标都与女性的就业概率呈负相关，脂肪量与男性的就业概率呈负相关。我们还发现，腰围和脂肪量类别的使用对结果有重大影响。例如，高脂肪量类别与男性工资低约5.5%有关。总而言之，结果表明，在没有身体成分测量指标的情况下，存在肥胖相关的劳动力市场惩罚被偏差测量的风险。
