Arbeitspapier
Productivity or discrimination? An economic analysis of excess-weight penalty in the Swedish labor market
Using longitudinal data, this paper investigates the penalty for excess weight in the Swedish labor market, distinguishing between the productivity and the discrimination hypotheses. We analyze employment, income, and sickness absence , using the latter as a direct measure of productivity. We find that excess weight women, but not men, experience a significant employment penalty. Both genders experience a significant income penalty for obesity. We conclude that the penalties are associated with lower productivity, primarily in terms of health. We find no evidence of discrimination.
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: Working Paper ; No. 2011:12
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Health: General
Health Behavior
Labor Demand
Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
- Subject
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Employment
income
sickness absence
obesity
overweight
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Dackehag, Margareta
Gerdtham, Ulf-G.
Nordin, Martin
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
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Lund University, School of Economics and Management, Department of Economics
- (where)
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Lund
- (when)
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2011
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Dackehag, Margareta
- Gerdtham, Ulf-G.
- Nordin, Martin
- Lund University, School of Economics and Management, Department of Economics
Time of origin
- 2011
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