Obesity, Self-esteem and Wages

Naci H. Mocan, Erdal Tekin

NBER Working Paper No. 15101
Issued in June 2009

---- Acknowledgments ----

We thank Duha Altindag and Tatsuya Hanabuchi for excellent research assistance. Sara Markowitz and the participants of the NBER seminar on the Economic Aspects of Obesity on Nov 10-11, 2008 provided valuable comments. The views expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.

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