Obesity and the Labor Market: A Fresh Look at the Weight Penalty
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- Caliendo, Marco & Gehrsitz, Markus, 2016. "Obesity and the labor market: A fresh look at the weight penalty," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 23(C), pages 209-225.
- Marco Caliendo & Markus Gehrsitz, 2014. "Obesity and the Labor Market: A Fresh Look at the Weight Penalty," SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research 631, DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP).
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Keywords
semiparametric regression; employment; wages; obesity; gender differences;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
- J71 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Discrimination - - - Hiring and Firing
- C14 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Semiparametric and Nonparametric Methods: General
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-HEA-2014-02-21 (Health Economics)
- NEP-LAB-2014-02-21 (Labour Economics)
- NEP-LMA-2014-02-21 (Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages)
- NEP-LTV-2014-02-21 (Unemployment, Inequality and Poverty)
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