Investigating the Negative Relationship between Wages and Obesity: New Evidence from the Work, Family, and Health Network
A substantial literature has established that obesity is negatively associated with wages, particularly among females. However, prior research has found limited evidence for the factors hypothesized to underlie the obesity wage penalty. We add to the literature using data from IT workers at a U.S...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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University of Oslo
2018-11-01
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Series: | Nordic Journal of Health Economics |
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Online Access: | https://journals.uio.no/NJHE/article/view/4720 |