Assessing the impact of obesity on labor market outcomes

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 309-319

  Lindeboom, Maarten ^a   Lundborg, Petter ^b   Van Der Klaauw, Bas ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Employment; Endogeneity; Instruments; Obesity; Panel data

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FATHER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; OBESITY; PARENT; RISK; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; OBESITY; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PREJUDICE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78349312143     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2010.08.004     Document Type: Article

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