Occupational differences in the wage penalty for obese women

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 344-349

  DeBeaumont, Ronald ^a  

^a BLACK HILLS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Obesity; Wages

Indexed keywords

EID: 59849123810     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2008.10.001     Document Type: Article

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