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dc.contributor.authorCawley, John H.en
dc.contributor.authorGrabka, Markus M.en
dc.contributor.authorLillard, Dean R.en
dc.date.accessioned2012-11-16T16:31:50Z-
dc.date.available2012-11-16T16:31:50Z-
dc.date.issued2005-
dc.identifier.citation|aSchmollers Jahrbuch|c0342-1783|v125|h1|nDuncker&Humblot|lBerlin|y2005|p119-129en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/66218-
dc.description.abstractThis paper investigates and compares the relationship between obesity and earnings in the U.S. and Germany. Using data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (U.S.) and the German Socio-Economic Panel, instrumental variables models are estimated that account for the endogeneity of body weight. We find that, in both countries, heavier women tend to earn less. For example, obesity is associated with almost 20 percent lower earnings for U.S. and German women. We test for causality using IV models; these models suggest that weight may lower labor earnings for U.S. women. However, our IV results yield no evidence of a causal impact of weight on earnings for women in Germany or for men in either country.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aDuncker & Humblot |cBerlinen
dc.subject.jelJ71en
dc.subject.jelJ31en
dc.subject.jelJ10en
dc.subject.jelI10en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordObesityen
dc.subject.keywordWeighten
dc.subject.keywordLabor Market Outcomesen
dc.subject.keywordIV estimationen
dc.subject.stwEinkommenen
dc.subject.stwGesundheiten
dc.subject.stwVergleichen
dc.subject.stwDeutschlanden
dc.subject.stwUSAen
dc.titleA Comparison of the Relationship between Obesity and Earnings in the U.S. and Germany-
dc.typeArticleen
dc.identifier.ppn730080803en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen
dc.identifier.repecRePEc:zbw:espost:66218en
dc.date.issuedonline2012en
dc.publisher.online|aZBW - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft |cKiel, Hamburgen
econstor.documentversionManuscript Version (Preprint)en
econstor.citation.journaltitleSchmollers Jahrbuchen
econstor.citation.issn0342-1783en
econstor.citation.volume125en
econstor.citation.issue1en
econstor.citation.publisherDuncker&Humbloten
econstor.citation.publisherplaceBerlinen
econstor.citation.year2005en
econstor.citation.startpage119en
econstor.citation.endpage129en

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