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101 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5795
Fat Chance! Obesity and the Transition from Unemployment to Employment
Marco Caliendo, Wang-Sheng Lee
published in: Economics and Human Biology, 2013, 11 (2), 121-133
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5728
The Economics of Risky Health Behaviors
John Cawley, Christopher J. Ruhm
published in: Mark V. Pauly, Thomas G. McGuire, and Pedro P. Barros (eds.), Handbook of Health Economics, Volume 2. New York: Elsevier, 2012, 95-199 95-199
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5366
Overweight and Poor? On the Relationship between Income and the Body Mass Index
Dean Jolliffe
published in: Economics and Human Biology, 2011, 9 (3), 342-355
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5135
Does More Money Make You Fat? The Effects of Quasi-Experimental Income Transfers on Adolescent and Young Adult Obesity
Randall K. Q. Akee, Emilia Simeonova, William Copeland, Adrian Angold, Jane E. Costello
published as 'Young Adult Obesity and Household Income: Effects of Unconditional Cash Transfers', American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2013, 5 (2), 1-28
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4775
No Country for Fat Men? Obesity, Earnings, Skills, and Health among 450,000 Swedish Men
Petter Lundborg, Paul Nystedt, Dan-Olof Rooth
published as 'Body Size, Skills, and Income: Evidence From 150,000 Teenage Siblings' in: Demography, 2014, 51, 1573-1596
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4667
Years of Schooling, Human Capital and the Body Mass Index of European Females
Giorgio Brunello, Daniele Fabbri, Margherita Fort
published as 'The Causal effect of education on body mass: evidence from Europe' in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2013, 31(1), 195-223
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4330
Does Schooling Affect Health Behavior? Evidence from the Educational Expansion in Western Germany
Hendrik Jürges, Steffen Reinhold, Martin Salm
published in: Economics of Education Review, 2011, 30 (5), 862-872
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4255
Child Care Subsidies and Childhood Obesity
Chris M. Herbst, Erdal Tekin
published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2011, 9 (3), 349 - 378
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4229
Fat and Out in Salerno and Province: Adolescent Obesity and Early School Leaving in Southern Italy
Adriana Barone, Niall O'Higgins
revised version published in: Economics and Human Biology, 2010, 8 (1), 44-57
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4149
Do the Obese Really Die Younger or Do Health Expenditures Buy Them Extra Years?
Paul Frijters, Juan D. Barón
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4099
Obesity and Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from the British NCDS
Maarten Lindeboom, Petter Lundborg, Bas van der Klaauw
published as 'Assessing the Impact of Obesity on Labor Market Outcome' in: Economics and Human Biology, 2010, 8 (3), 309-319
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4098
Overweight and Obesity and the Demand for Primary Physician Care
Nabanita Datta Gupta, Jane Greve
published as 'Overweight and obesity and the utilization of primary care physicians' in: Health Economics, 2011, 20 (S1), 53 - 67
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4010
Imitative Obesity and Relative Utility
David G. Blanchflower, Andrew J. Oswald, Bert van Landeghem
published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2009, 7(2-3), 528 - 538
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3664
School Nutrition Programs and the Incidence of Childhood Obesity
Daniel L. Millimet, Rusty Tchernis, Muna Husain
published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2010, 45 (3), 640-654
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3610
Weight Gain in Adolescents and Their Peers
Timothy J. Halliday, Sally Kwak
published in: Economics and Human Biology, 2010, 7 (2), 246-262
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3529
The Rise in Obesity across the Atlantic: An Economic Perspective
Giorgio Brunello, Pierre-Carl Michaud, Anna Sanz-de-Galdeano
published in: Economic Policy, 2009, 24 (59), 551-596
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2925
Limited Self-Control, Obesity and the Loss of Happiness
Alois Stutzer
published in: Health Economics, 2015, 25, 1409–1424
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2775
Evidence of Unequal Treatment in Hiring against Obese Applicants: A Field Experiment
Dan-Olof Rooth
revised version published as "Obesity, Attractiveness, and Differential Treatment in Hiring: A Field Experiment" in: Journal of Human Resources, 2009, 44(3), 710-735
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2717
Obesity, Unhappiness, and The Challenge of Affluence: Theory and Evidence
Andrew J. Oswald, Nattavudh Powdthavee
published in: Economic Journal, 2007, 117 (521), F441-F459
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1814
The Obesity Epidemic in Europe
Anna Sanz-de-Galdeano
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