The effect of obesity on salaries and gender differences. An experimental approach
Fecha
2020Autor
Director
Versión
Acceso abierto / Sarbide irekia
Tipo
Trabajo Fin de Grado/Gradu Amaierako Lana
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Resumen
Productivity is considered an important factor affecting the wage-setting process. Nevertheless,
other factors such as gender and physical form play an essential role. In this dissertation, we
adopt an experimental approach to research into the acceptance of a negative return of obesity
on wages. Discrimination related to gender and obesity strongly affects salaries and many times
acquire a s ...
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Productivity is considered an important factor affecting the wage-setting process. Nevertheless,
other factors such as gender and physical form play an essential role. In this dissertation, we
adopt an experimental approach to research into the acceptance of a negative return of obesity
on wages. Discrimination related to gender and obesity strongly affects salaries and many times
acquire a similar impact to other factors as education or training. This research examines how
people accept physical-form based differences in wages. The investigation is based on the online
delivery of a survey in an experimental setting in which the participants, who act as wage setters,
face different situations about salary evaluation. The treatment is the sex on the subject they have
to select for a high or low position. Our study shows how there is great acceptance of
discrimination regarding the physical form of the worker. Likewise, our estimates show that even
without perceiving general differences in the cost of obesity by gender, there exist significant
differences in the effect of these factors by job positions. The penalty would be greater for
women in high positions such as IBEX35 than for men in these positions. This research
contributes to the study of wage discrimination based on the physical form, and their acceptance
in the society [--]
Materias
Gender,
Physical form,
Wages,
Job position,
Labor discrimination,
Productivity
Titulación
Enpresen Administrazio eta Zuzendaritzan Nazioarteko Graduatua / Ekonomian Nazioarteko Graduatua Nafarroako Unibertsitate Publikoan /
Graduado o Graduada Internacional en Administración y Dirección de Empresas / Graduado o Graduada Internacional en Economía por la Universidad Pública de Navarra