@techreport{NBERw15101,
 title = "Obesity, Self-esteem and Wages",
 author = "Naci H. Mocan and Erdal Tekin",
 institution = "National Bureau of Economic Research",
 type = "Working Paper",
 series = "Working Paper Series",
 number = "15101",
 year = "2009",
 month = "June",
 URL = "http://www.nber.org/papers/w15101",
 abstract = {Obesity is associated with serious health problems, and it can generate adverse economic outcomes.  We analyze a nationally-representative sample of young American adults to investigate the interplay between obesity, wages and self-esteem.  Wages can be impacted directly by obesity, and they can be influenced by obesity indirectly through the channel of obesity to self-esteem to wages.  We find that female wages are directly influenced by body weight, and self-esteem has an impact on wages in case of whites. Being overweight or obese has a negative impact on the self-esteem of females and of black males.  The results suggest that obesity has the most significant impact on white women’s wages.},
}