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Title: When It Comes to Pay, Do the Thin Win? The Effect of Weight on Pay for Men and Women
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Judge, Timothy A. Cable, Daniel M. |
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When It Comes to Pay, Do the Thin Win? The Effect of Weight on Pay for Men and Women Journal of Applied Psychology 96,1 (January 2011): 95-112. Also: http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/apl/96/1/95/ Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA) Keyword(s): Earnings; Gender Differences; Income; Income Level; Weight Cultivation theory suggests that society holds very different body standards for men versus women, and research indicates that the consequences of defying these social norms may not be linear. To test these notions in the employment context, we examined the relationship between weight and income and the degree to which the relationship varies by gender. For women, we theorized a negative weight–income relationship that is steepest at the thin end of the distribution. For men, we predicted a positive weight–income relationship until obesity, where it becomes negative. To test these hypotheses, we utilized 2 longitudinal studies, 1 German and 1 American. In Study 1, weight was measured over 2 time periods, and earnings were averaged over the subsequent 5 years. Study 2 was a multilevel study in which weight and earnings were within-individual variables observed over time, and gender was a between-individual variable. Results from the 2 studies generally support the hypotheses, even when examining within-individual changes in weight over time. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
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Judge, Timothy A. and Daniel M. Cable. "When It Comes to Pay, Do the Thin Win? The Effect of Weight on Pay for Men and Women." Journal of Applied Psychology 96,1 (January 2011): 95-112.
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