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analysis of the dual effects of immigration and obesity on labor market outcomes. -- immigrant ; obesity ; labor market …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 …
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013066244
We estimate the dual effects of immigration and obesity on labor market outcomes in the UK using the British Household … Panel Survey. We find support for the "healthy immigrant hypothesis" and evidence that immigrants’ weights increase with … time in the UK. While overweight and obese men enjoy a wage premium, overweight and obese immigrant men face a wage penalty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009683330
Malnutrition in its various forms is a serious problem in many countries, contributing to human suffering, large healthcare costs, and hampered economic and human development. While various policies to reduce malnutrition exist, such policies typically fail to consider cultural factors. Here, we...
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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 …
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We explore the underlying causes and implications of the previously documented unhealthy Body Mass Index (BMI) assimilation of U.S. immigrants to native levels. Diet - measured by fat, carbohydrate, protein, and caloric intake - and exercise have mixed success in explaining the BMI convergence...
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Little research has been done on the body mass index values of 19th century US African-Americans and whites. This paper uses 19th century US prison records to demonstrate that although modern BMIs have increased in the 20th century, 19th century black and white BMIs were distributed...
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Much has been written about the modern obesity epidemic, and historical BMIs are low compared to their modern …
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This paper calls into question the currently most influential model of international trade. An empirical finding by Trefler (2004, AER) and others that industrial productivity increases more strongly in liberalized industries than in non-liberalized industries has been widely accepted as...
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Aiming to further explore possible underlying causes for the recent stagnation in American heights, this paper describes the result of analysis of the commercial U.S. Sizing Survey. Using zip codes available in the data set, we consider geographic correlates of height such as local poverty rate,...
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