decline in the height-adjusted weight of people who are deeply overweight, (BMI>35). In addition, the effect is strongest for …This paper explores the relationship between obesity and economic conditions in Finland, using individual microdata …-to-population ratio produces a decrease in obesity over the period of investigation, other things being equal. This effect arises from the …

This paper examines the associations between obesity, employment status and wages for several European countries. Our … obesity and wages. As previously reported in the literature, the association between obesity, unemployment and wages seems to …

criticized for contributing to the obesity problem in the U.S. by making large quantities of fattening foods widely available and …

influenced indirectly, through parental investments in education and earnings capacity, whereas the wealth holdings of families …

evolution of wealth inequality in Canada between 1984 and 1999. Our main findings are as follows: 1) Wealth inequality has … increased between 1984 and 1999; 2) the growth in wealth inequality has been associated with substantial declines in real … average and median wealth for recent immigrants and young couples with children; 3) real median wealth and real average wealth …

Five waves of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID), 1985-1989 including both wealth supplements, are used to …

distribution of agents' discount parameters. Degenerate wealth distributions, in which only the most patient agents have any wealth …, are avoided by having a fraction of the agents die each period, and bequeath their wealth to descendants with … agents' stocks of wealth depend on their inherited wealth. If a patient individual lives long enough, she will retire and …