in the Becker tradition are reminiscent of models of labor markets in which firms and workers are independent decision …

significant negative association between obesity and labor market outcomes even after controlling for a rich set of demographic …

This paper contributes to the literature on the labor market consequences of unhealthy behaviors and poor health by …

A large part of the literature on frictional matching in the labor market assumes bilateral meetings between workers … equilibrium search model of the labor market with an endogenous number of contacts between workers and firms. Workers contact … approximately half of the 4.7% loss. There is a potential role for activating labor market policies, because I show that for the …