Productivity or discrimination? An economic analysis of excess-weight penalty in the Swedish labor market.
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Summary, in English
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.
Avdelning/ar
Publiceringsår
2015
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
589-601
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
European Journal of Health Economics
Volym
16
Issue
6
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Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Springer
Ämne
- Health Care Service and Management, Health Policy and Services and Health Economy
Nyckelord
- Income
- Sweden
- Obesity
- Overweight
- Productivity
- Discrimination
Status
Published
Forskningsgrupp
- Health Economics
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 1618-7601