characteristics, which allows us most of the benefits obtained by introducing firm dummies in wage equations for studying the effect … workers belonging to the middle of the wage distribution, while their return to schooling is significantly lower than that of … high wage workers. Wage regressions including the computed factors confirm that human capital is associated with positive …

and one half of the health gap can be explained by differences in socio-economic status - such as income, employment …

This paper examines the impact of maternal employment during a child’s first three years and during adolescence on his … evidence that mother’s employment early in the child’s life has lasting consequences on participation in risky behaviors …. Similarly, with the possible exception of drinking alcohol—our results do not indicate that maternal employment during …

This paper examines the associations between obesity, employment status and wages for several European countries. Our … results provide weak evidence that obese workers are more likely to be unemployed or tend to be more segregated in self-employment …