We use data from the European Community Household Panel to investigate the impact of obesity on wages in 9 European … countries, ranging from Ireland to Spain. We find that the common impact of obesity on wages is negative and statistically … wages in the countries of the European "olive belt" and a positive relationship in the countries of the "beer belt". We …

of sickness by age, gender, education and employment status. Employed have a significantly better health record than the … health surveys, complemented by administrative data (morbidity rates of the employed and unemployed) and data from the …

-cancer control group in employment, hours worked, wages, and earnings. Overall, breast cancer has a negative impact on the decision …Relying on data from the Health and Retirement Study, we examine differences between breast cancer survivors and a non …'s employment, breast cancer may not be debilitating for those who remain in the work force. We explore numerous possible biases …

-cancer control group in employment, hours worked, wages, and earnings. Overall, breast cancer has a negative impact on the decision …Relying on data from the Health and Retirement Study, we examine differences between breast cancer survivors and a non …'s employment, breast cancer may not be debilitating for those who remain in the work force. We explore numerous possible biases …

the probability of being currently employed as well as in the time spent in paid employment, although the differences we …