The impact of body size on urban employment: Evidence from China

China Economic Review

Volumn 27, Issue , 2013, Pages 249-263

  PAN, Jay ^a   QIN, Xuezheng ^b   LIU, Gordon G ^b,c  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Peking University   (China)

Author keywords

Body size discrimination; Esthetic channel; Health channel

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888287884     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2012.04.006     Document Type: Article

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