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Early Life Health and Adult Earnings: Evidence from a Large Sample of Siblings and Twins
Lundborg, Petter; Nilsson, Anton; Rooth, Dan-Olof - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
We study the relationship between early life health and adult earnings using a unique dataset that covers almost the … during the mandatory military enlistment tests at age 18, which we have further linked to register data on adult earnings. We … find that most types of major diagnoses have long-run effects on future earnings with the largest effects resulting from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009144859
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Early life health and adult earnings: Evidence from a large sample of siblings and twins
Lundborg, Petter; Nilsson, Anton; Rooth, Dan-Olof - 2011
We study the relationship between early life health and adult earnings using a unique dataset that covers almost the … during the mandatory military enlistment tests at age 18, which we have further linked to register data on adult earnings. We … find that most types of major diagnoses have long-run effects on future earnings with the largest effects resulting from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278426
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Weight, attractiveness, and gender when hiring : a field experiment in Spain
Goulão, Catarina; Lacomba, Juan A.; Lagos, Francisco; … - 2023
Being overweight or obese is associated with lower employment and earnings, possibly arising from employer …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014278001
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Evidence of Unequal Treatment in Hiring against Obese Applicants: A Field Experiment
Rooth, Dan-Olof - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
This study presents evidence of recruitment discrimination against obese individuals in Sweden by sending fictitious applications to real job openings. Otherwise identical applications were randomly assigned a portrait photograph of an obese or a normalweight job applicant. Applications with an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822594
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Ethnicity and obesity: Evidence of implicit work performance stereo-types in Sweden
Agerström, Jens; Carlsson, Rickard; Rooth, Dan-Olof - 2007
Using the Implicit Association Test, we investigate whether employers and students possess implicit and explicit negative attitudes and implicit performance stereotypes toward Arab-Muslim men relative to native Swedish men. We also examine if employers and students have implicit and explicit...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010317918
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Weight, Attractiveness, and Gender When Hiring: A Field Experiment in Spain
Goulão, Catarina; Lacomba, Juan A.; Lagos, Francisco; … - 2023
Being overweight or obese is associated with lower employment and earnings, possibly arising from employer …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014296863
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Ethnicity and obesity: evidence of implicit work performance stereotypes in Sweden
Jens, Agerström; Carlsson, Rickard; Rooth, Dan-Olof - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2007
Using the Implicit Association Test, we investigate whether employers and students possess implicit and explicit negative attitudes and implicit performance stereotypes toward Arab-Muslim men relative to native Swedish men. We also examine if employers and students have implicit and explicit...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005651894
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Automatically Activated Stereotypes and Differential Treatment Against the Obese in Hiring
Rooth, Dan-Olof - 2021
normal weight using the implicit association test. We find a strong and statistically significant obesity difference in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013324815
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Evidence of Unequal Treatment in Hiring Against Obese Applicants : A Field Experiment
Rooth, Dan-Olof - 2021
This study presents evidence of recruitment discrimination against obese individuals in Sweden by sending fictitious applications to real job openings. Otherwise identical applications were randomly assigned a portrait photograph of an obese or a normal weight job applicant. Applications with an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317080
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Work out or out of work: the labor market return to physical fitness and leisure sport activities
Rooth, Dan-Olof - 2010
explanation emerges when analyzing register data on adult earnings and physical fitness when enlisting at age 18. The fitness …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269539