Productivity or discrimination? An economic analysis of excess-weight penalty in the Swedish labor market

This article investigates the excess-weight penalty in income for men and women in the Swedish labor market, using longitudinal data. It compares two identification strategies, OLS and individual fixed effects, and distinguishes between two main sources of excess-weight penalties, lower productivity...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Dackehag, Margareta, Gerdtham, Ulf-G., Nordin, Martin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4464599/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24903023
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10198-014-0611-7
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Sumario:This article investigates the excess-weight penalty in income for men and women in the Swedish labor market, using longitudinal data. It compares two identification strategies, OLS and individual fixed effects, and distinguishes between two main sources of excess-weight penalties, lower productivity because of bad health and discrimination. For men, the analysis finds a significant obesity penalty related to discrimination when applying individual fixed effects. We do not find any significant excess-weight penalty for women.

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