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A Model of Worker Investment in Safety and Its Effects on Accidents and Wages
Guardado, José R.; Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
risk and wages. We test the model's predictions using obesity as a proxy for worker disinvestments in human capital and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010666574
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Explaining the Labour Market Outcomes of First, Second and Third Generation Immigrants in Canada
Tu, Jiong - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
education between first, second and third generation immigrant men. Regression results indicate that the second generation with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008466440
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The Impact of Immigration on the Labour Market Outcomes of Native-Born Canadians
Tu, Jiong - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
on native wage growth rate from the large immigrant influx during the 1990s. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008466459
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The Impact of Childhood Health on Adult Labor Market Outcomes
Smith, James P. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
This paper examines impacts of childhood health on SES outcomes observed during adulthood-levels and trajectories of education, family income, household wealth, individual earnings and labor supply. The analysis is conducted using data that collects these SES measures in a panel who were...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004976887
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Post 9-11 U.S. Muslim Labor Market Outcomes
Rabby, Faisal; Rodgers III, William M. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
Using a difference-in-differences framework and micro data from the Current Population Survey-Merged Outgoing Rotation Group Files (1999 to 2004), this paper estimates the impact that the 9-11 terrorists attacks had on the U.S. labor market outcomes of individuals with nativity profiles similar...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005015494
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Nonparametric Bounds on the Returns to Language Skills
Gonzalez, Libertad - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
This paper applies the theoretical literature on nonparametric bounds on treatment effects to the estimation of how limited English proficiency (LEP) affects wages and employment opportunities for Hispanic workers in the United States. I analyze the identifying power of several weak assumptions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822896
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Indebted and Overweight: The Link Between Weight and Household Debt
Averett, Susan L.; Smith, Julie K. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
) is a potential cause of obesity. We find a strong positive correlation between debt and weight for women but this seems …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011271984
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Weight Gain in Adolescents and Their Peers
Halliday, Timothy; Kwak, Sally - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
Despite the urgent public health implications, relatively little is yet known about the effect of peers on adolescent weight gain. We describe trends and features of adolescent BMI in a nationally representative dataset and document correlations in weight gain among peers. We find strong...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005233795
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Fast-Food Restaurant Advertising on Television and Its Influence on Youth Body Composition
Grossman, Michael; Tekin, Erdal; Wada, Roy - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
obesity based on body-mass index (BMI). We merge measures of body composition from bioelectrical-impedance analysis (BIA) and … in PBF in adolescents. These results are consistent with those obtained by using BMI-based measures of obesity. The … number of youth exposed to fast-food advertising on television but would still result in non-trivial reductions in obesity. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010814471
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Does More Money Make You Fat? The Effects of Quasi-Experimental Income Transfers on Adolescent and Young Adult Obesity
Akee, Randall K. Q.; Simeonova, Emilia; Copeland, William; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
) measures and young adult obesity rates using evidence from the Great Smoky Mountains Study of Youth. The effects of extra … in young adult obesity rates as a result of the income transfers, while the BMI of poorer children increases. Part of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008466449