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Obesity and labor market outcomes : the hidden private cost of obesity : lower earnings and lower probability of employment
Averett, Susan - 2014
Rising obesity is not only a pressing global public health problem. There is also substantial evidence that obese people, particularly women, are less likely to be employed and, when employed, are likely to earn lower wages. There is some evidence that the lower earnings are a result of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011415269
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Obesity and labor market outcomes : the hidden private cost of obesity : lower earnings and lower probability of employment
Averett, Susan - 2019
Rising obesity is not only a pressing global public health problem. There is also substantial evidence that obese people, particularly women, are less likely to be employed and, when employed, are likely to earn lower wages. There is some evidence that the lower earnings are a result of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012042307
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Gender diversity in teams : greater representation of women on decision-making teams may better represent women's preferences but may not help economic performance
Azmat, Ghazala - 2014
legal mandates. Understanding the effects of gender diversity in terms of economic performance is important to assess the … impact of these changes. Data on team dynamics and gender differences in preferences (risk-taking behavior, taste for … competition, prosocial behavior) show how gender composition influences group decision-making and subsequent performance through …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011415180
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Gender diversity in teams : greater representation of women may better represent women's preferences but may not help economic performance
Azmat, Ghazala - 2019
is in part because of legal mandates. Evidence on team dynamics and gender differences in preferences (for example, risk …-taking behavior, taste for competition, prosocial behavior) shows how gender composition influences group decision-making and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012012413
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Encouraging women's labor force participation in transition countries : government policies can stimulate female labor force participation if coherent and well thought-out
Pignatti, Norberto - 2016
such economic and social factors as traditional views of gender roles and limited government support for caregivers. Still …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011514542
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Encouraging women's labor force participation in transition countries : government policies can stimulate female labor force participation if coherent and well thought-out
Pignatti, Norberto - 2020
positive growth and employment effects. Recent empirical analyses show that the introduction of cleaner process innovations …, rather than product-based ones, may also lead to higher employment. The rationale is that cleaner technologies lead to cost …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013252936