The incidence of the healthcare costs of obesity

Bhattacharya, Jay; Bundorf, M. Kate

doi:10.1016/j.jhealeco.2009.02.009

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“…For men, I find no effects on employment prospects. Sex-specific heterogeneity in the labor-market effects of obesity has been found previously (e.g., Morris, 2006Morris, , 2007Bhattacharya and Bundorf, 2009). The analysis further shows that weight loss is significantly associated with improvements in proxy variables for labor productivity in obese women.…”

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“…6 The link between obesity and employment prospects has been extensively analyzed in the literature. While the majority of the studies focuses on the effect of obesity on wages (e.g., Register 2 A model on the potential mediators of obesity on labor market outcomes is presented by Baum and Ford (2004) as well as by Bhattacharya and Bundorf (2009).…”

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Obesity, Weight Loss, and Employment Prospects – Evidence from a Randomized Trial

Reichert

2012

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Obesity, Weight Loss, and Employment Prospects – Evidence from a Randomized Trial

Reichert

2012

SSRN Journal

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“…This is more than a subtle difference for several reasons. First, we can rule out health and health benefits (Bhattacharya and Bundorf, 2009) as the main reasons for an impact of bodyweight on wages, given that women's wages peak at BMI levels that cannot possibly reflect health constraints. Second, our findings indicate that women with BMIs that are most consistent with societal standards of physical attractiveness earn the highest wages.…”

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Obesity and the labor market: A fresh look at the weight penalty

Caliendo

Gehrsitz

2016

Economics & Human Biology

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“…Pauly and Herring (1999) found that predicted medical expenditures have a negative impact on the wages of older workers. Bhattacharya and Bundorf (2009) found a significant wage differential between obese and thinner women for those covered by health insurance, but no differential for those without insurance. While all of these studies are consistent with the predictions from the theory, on the whole, there is very little direct evidence that increases in health insurance premiums are fully offset by a decline in cash compensation .…”

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Premium copayments and the trade-off between wages and employer-provided health insurance

Lubotsky

Olson

2015

Journal of Health Economics

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This paper estimates the trade-off between salary and health insurance costs using data on Illinois school teachers between 1991 and 2008 that allow us to address several common empirical challenges in this literature. We find no evidence that changes in teachers' salaries respond to changes in insurance cost, but teachers paid about 17 percent of the cost of individual health insurance and about 46 percent of the cost of their family members' plans through increased premium copayments. Our results indicate that premium increases were not associated with commensurate increases in teachers' valuation of their health insurance plans.Keywords salary, wages, compensation, health insurance, health insurance costs, teachers, school teachers, Illinois (ICS 2013-002 Abstract: This paper estimates the trade-off between salary and health insurance costs using data on Illinois school teachers between 1991 and 2008 that allow us to address several common empirical challenges in this literature. We find no evidence that changes in teachers' salaries respond to changes in insurance cost, but teachers paid about 17 percent of the cost of individual health insurance and about 46 percent of the cost of their family members' plans through increased premium copayments. Our results indicate that premium increases were not associated with commensurate increases in teachers' valuation of their health insurance plans. Comments Suggested Citation Lubotsky, D. & Olson, C. (2013). Premium copayments and the trade-off between wages and employer-provided health insurance

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The incidence of the healthcare costs of obesity

Cited by 159 publications

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Obesity, Weight Loss, and Employment Prospects – Evidence from a Randomized Trial

Obesity, Weight Loss, and Employment Prospects – Evidence from a Randomized Trial

Obesity and the labor market: A fresh look at the weight penalty

Premium copayments and the trade-off between wages and employer-provided health insurance

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