1.10. In an article in the Journal of Human Resources titled

“The Economic Reality of the Beauty Myth,” economists Susan Averett and Sanders Korenman found that family income of obese women is about 17 percent lower than that of women who are of recommended weight. The differential was less for men than for women.

a. What conclusions can you draw from these findings?

b. Do the findings necessarily mean that there is a

“beauty” discrimination?

c. What might explain the larger income penalty for women?