Paper #897

Título:

Body size, activity, employment and wages in Europe: A first approach

Autores:

Jaume Garcia Villar y Climent Quintana

Fecha:

Agosto 2005

Resumen:

This paper examines the associations between obesity, employment status and wages for several European countries. Our results provide weak evidence that obese workers are more likely to be unemployed or tend to be more segregated in self-employment jobs than their non-obese counterparts. We also find difficult to detect statistically significant relationships between obesity and wages. As previously reported in the literature, the association between obesity, unemployment and wages seems to be different for men and women. Moreover, heterogeneity is also found across countries. Such heterogeneity can be somewhat explained by some labor market institutions, such as the collective bargaining coverage and the employer-provided health insurance.

Palabras clave:

Obesity, labor market, heterogeneity, institutions

Códigos JEL:

J3, I1

Área de investigación:

Economía Laboral, Pública, de Desarrollo y de la Salud

Publicado en:

Advances in Health Economics and Health Services Research, Vol. 17, 187-217, Elsevier JAI, 2007
Con el título:
Obesity, employment and wages in Europe

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