The impact of obesity on employment

Labour Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 413-433

  Morris, Stephen ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bivariate probit; Employment; Endogeneity; Obesity; Propensity score matching

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247183637     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2006.02.008     Document Type: Article

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