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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.

Publishing year

2015

Language

English

Pages

589-601

Publication/Series

European Journal of Health Economics

Volume

16

Issue

6

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Springer

Topic

  • Health Care Service and Management, Health Policy and Services and Health Economy

Keywords

  • Income
  • Sweden
  • Obesity
  • Overweight
  • Productivity
  • Discrimination

Status

Published

Research group

  • Health Economics

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1618-7601