RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Labor Supply and Weight
JF Journal of Human Resources
JO J Hum Resour
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 85
OP 116
DO 10.3368/jhr.XLII.1.85
VO XLII
IS 1
A1 Lakdawalla, Darius
A1 Philipson, Tomas
YR 2007
UL http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/XLII/1/85.abstract
AB We use panel data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth to investigate on-the-job exercise and weight. For male workers, job-related exercise has causal effects on weight, but for female workers, the effects seem primarily selective. A man who spends 18 years in the most physical fitness-demanding occupation is about 25 pounds (14 percent) lighter than his peer in the least demanding occupation. These effects are strongest for the heaviest quartile of men. Conversely, a male worker spending 18 years in the most strength-demanding occupation is about 28 pounds (15 percent) heavier than his counterpart in the least demanding job.