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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Main Authors: Dackehag, Margareta, Gerdtham, Ulf-G., Nordin, Martin
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4464599/