Cawley, John H.; Grabka, Markus M.; Lillard, Dean R. - In: EconStor Open Access Articles (2005), pp. 119-129
This paper investigates and compares the relationship between obesity and earnings in the U.S. and Germany. Using data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (U.S.) and the German Socio-Economic Panel, instrumental variables models are estimated that account for the endogeneity of body weight....
