Body weight and wages: Evidence from Add Health

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 14-19

  Sabia, Joseph J ^a   Rees, Daniel I ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Body weight; Obesity; Wages

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; ETHNICITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; OBESITY; SALARY; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855264666     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: 18736130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2011.09.004     Document Type: Article

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