Body size, activity, employment and wages in Europe: A first approach
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- dc.contributor.author Garcia Villar, Jaume, 1956-
- dc.contributor.author Quintana, Climent
- dc.contributor.other Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Departament d'Economia i Empresa
- dc.date.accessioned 2020-05-25T09:27:00Z
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- dc.date.issued 2005-08-01
- dc.date.modified 2020-05-25T09:21:02Z
- dc.description.abstract This paper examines the associations between obesity, employment status and wages for several European countries. Our results provide weak evidence that obese workers are more likely to be unemployed or tend to be more segregated in self-employment jobs than their non-obese counterparts. We also find difficult to detect statistically significant relationships between obesity and wages. As previously reported in the literature, the association between obesity, unemployment and wages seems to be different for men and women. Moreover, heterogeneity is also found across countries. Such heterogeneity can be somewhat explained by some labor market institutions, such as the collective bargaining coverage and the employer-provided health insurance.
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- dc.identifier https://econ-papers.upf.edu/ca/paper.php?id=897
- dc.identifier.citation Advances in Health Economics and Health Services Research, Vol. 17, 187-217, Elsevier JAI, 2007
- dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/840
- dc.language.iso eng
- dc.relation.ispartofseries Economics and Business Working Papers Series; 897
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- dc.subject.keyword obesity
- dc.subject.keyword labor market
- dc.subject.keyword heterogeneity
- dc.subject.keyword institutions
- dc.subject.keyword Labour, Public, Development and Health Economics
- dc.title Body size, activity, employment and wages in Europe: A first approach
- dc.title.alternative Obesity, employment and wages in Europe
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