Job Strenuousness and Obesity: The Case of a Developing Country
This paper analyses the Indonesian Family Life Survey to show that job strenuousness is negatively related to obesity, which is largely consistent with the literature. However, this paper does not interpret the relationship as causal. Instead, efforts are made to demonstrate that the relationship is attributable to sample selection: workers with low socioeconomic status are lightweight and selected for strenuous jobs. This paper warns against reflexive applications of the conclusions derived from the developed world to the developing world. Our results imply that sedentariness at work probably plays a small role in the prevalence of obesity in the region.
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2014
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Authors: | Sohn, Kitae |
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Journal of Development Studies. - Taylor & Francis Journals, ISSN 0022-0388. - Vol. 50.2014, 9, p. 1289-1301
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Taylor & Francis Journals |
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