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Obesity, Weight Loss, and Employment Prospects – Evidence from a Randomized Trial

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This study presents credible estimates for the causal effect of a variation in obesity on employment. By exploring random assignment of a weight loss intervention based on monetary rewards, I provide convincing evidence that weight loss positively affects the employment prospects of obese women but not of obese men. Consistent with this, significant effects of weight loss on proxy variables for labor productivity are found only for obese women.

ISBN
978-3-86788-436-5
Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: Ruhr Economic Papers ; No. 381

Classification
Wirtschaft
Health: General
Health: Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
Subject
obesity
weight loss intervention
IV estimation
sample selection
labor productivity
employment

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Reichert, Arndt R.
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (RWI)
(where)
Essen
(when)
2012

DOI
doi:10.4419/86788436
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  • Arbeitspapier

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  • Reichert, Arndt R.
  • Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (RWI)

Time of origin

  • 2012

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