Effects of obesity in labour market outcomes: evidence from Malaysia

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Effects of obesity in labour market outcomes: evidence from Malaysia

With the aims to shed light on the relationship between obesity and labour market outcomes in Malaysia, the ordinal regression model was applied on the collected questionnaires. The result from the three models suggests that employers do not consider workers' appearance and gender when they emp...

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Main Authors:	Foo, Lee Peng, Hamzah, Hanny Zurina, Mohamed Nor, Norashidah, Said, Rusmawati
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Universiti Putra Malaysia Press 2018
Online Access:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/66242/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/66242/1/42%20JSSH-2175-2017.pdf

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