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摘要
本文以未婚男女为对照组,利用《收入动态研究》(Panel Study of Income Dynamics)的数据,对已婚男女根据体重指数(BMI)的劳动力供给选择进行实证分析。研究发现,在控制了夫妻双方的人口统计学和社会经济特征后,体重较重的丈夫工作时间明显更长,劳动收入也更多。相反,无论是未婚个体还是已婚女性,都没有发现这种影响。我们提出了一个婚姻市场机制,通过该机制,男性BMI和收入呈正相关。肥胖的已婚男人通过给妻子提供更多的可支配收入、工作更长时间、赚更多的钱来弥补他们身体上的缺点。体重较重的女性可能无法通过劳动力供给来补偿配偶,因为女性的身体特征在婚姻市场上比相应的男性特征更重要。
Fatter Attraction: Marital Status and the Relationship between BMI and Labor Supply
We empirically analyze the labor supply choices of married men and women according to their body size (BMI), using data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics on anthropometric characteristics of both spouses, and unmarried men and women as comparison group. Heavier husbands are found to work significantly more hours and earn more labor income, controlling for both spouses’ demographic and socioeconomic characteristics. Conversely, no such effect is found for either unmarried individuals or for married women. We suggest a marriage market mechanism through which male BMI and earnings are positively related. Heavier married men compensate for their negative physical trait by providing their wives with more disposable income, working more hours and earning more. Heavier women may not able to compensate their spouse through labor supply, as female physical traits are more relevant in the marriage market than the corresponding male traits.