Cawley, John; Danziger, Sheldon - In: Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 24 (2005) 4, pp. 727-743
This paper utilizes a rich longitudinal data set-the Women's Employment Study (WES)-to investigate whether obesity, which is common among women of low socioeconomic status, is a barrier to employment and earnings for current and former welfare recipients. We find that former welfare recipients...