Survey data indicate that different dimensions of health affect the wages of men and women in urban Brazil. Height has … a large and significant effect on wages: taller men and women earn more. Body mass index (BMI) is associated with higher … wages of males, especially among the less-educated, suggesting that strenght may be rewarded with higher wages. Low levels …

This paper investigates the role of pain in affecting self-reported work disability and employment of elderly workers …, using six biennial waves from the Health and Retirement Study. They find the dynamics of the presence of pain is central to … the dynamic patterns of employment. …

crisis on labor market outcomes. Aggregate employment has remained remarkably robust through the crisis although there has … been significant switching within sectors. The drama of the crisis lies not in aggregate employment but in real hourly …