We estimate the dual effects of immigration and obesity on labor market outcomes in the UK. There is only one other …, though our sample includes both recent arrivals and those who have been in the UK for decades. We first analyze an immigrant … observable characteristics. We find support for the healthy immigrant hypothesis that suggests that immigrants are less likely to …

The increase in the prevalence of obesity worldwide has led to great interest in the economic consequences of obesity …, but valid and powerful instruments for obesity, which are needed to estimate its causal effects, are rare. This paper …

risk and wages. We test the model's predictions using obesity as a proxy for worker disinvestments in human capital and …

risk and wages. We test the model's predictions using obesity as a proxy for worker disinvestments in human capital and …

97) for the US, we test whether residual wage gaps (once observed differences in productivity related to obesity are …

education between first, second and third generation immigrant men. Regression results indicate that the second generation with …

immigrant generations, Hispanics experience substantial improvements in education and earnings between first …

on native wage growth rate from the large immigrant influx during the 1990s. …

education between first, second and third generation immigrant men. Regression results indicate that the second generation with …