Fat spouses and hours of work: are body and Pareto weights correlated?

We explore the relationship between relative physical attractiveness in the household and the hours worked by married men and women. Using PSID data, we find that husbands who are thinner relative to their wives work fewer hours, while wives who are heavier relative to their husbands work more hours...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Oreffice, S, Quintana-Domeque, C
Format: Journal article
Published: Springer Open 2012