The effect of weight on labor market outcomes: An application of genetic instrumental variables

This paper contributes to the literature on the labor market consequences of obesity by using a novel instrument: genetic risk score, which reflects the predisposition to higher body mass index (BMI) across many genetic loci. We estimate instrumental variable models of the effect of BMI on labor mar...

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Autores principales: Böckerman, Petri, Cawley, John, Viinikainen, Jutta, Lehtimäki, Terho, Rovio, Suvi, Seppälä, Ilkka, Pehkonen, Jaakko, Raitakari, Olli
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018
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Research Articles
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6585973/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30240095
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hec.3828

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6585973/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30240095
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hec.3828

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