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A Comparison of the Relationship between Obesity and Earnings in the U.S. and Germany
Cawley, John H.; Grabka, Markus M.; Lillard, Dean R. - In: Schmollers Jahrbuch 125 (2005) 1, pp. 119-129
This paper investigates and compares the relationship between obesity and earnings in the U.S. and Germany. Using data … example, obesity is associated with almost 20 percent lower earnings for U.S. and German women. We test for causality using IV … models; these models suggest that weight may lower labor earnings for U.S. women. However, our IV results yield no evidence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010324280
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A comparison of the relationship between obesity and earnings in the US and Germany
Cawley, John H.; Grabka, Markus M.; Lillard, Dean R. - 2005
This paper investigates and compares the relationship between obesity and earnings in the U.S. and Germany. Using data … example, obesity is associated with almost 20 percent lower earnings for U.S. and German women. We test for causality using IV … of a causal impact of weight on earnings for women in Germany or for men in either country. -- Obesity ; Weight ; labor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009663842
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The Great Resignation of US labor force
Bayraktar, Murat - 2022
up with growing living costs. Workers in the leisure and hospitality industries, for example, saw their hourly earnings …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013297753
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Physical constitution matters for athletic performance and salary of NBA players
Bakkenbüll, Linn-Brit - 2017
Basketball is one of the most practised sports in the world, especially in America. America has the most famous professional basketball league, the National Basketball Association (NBA). This study examines whether there is a relationship between the physical constitution of professional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011602884
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Does employer learning vary by occupation?
Mansour, Hani - 2010
Models in which employers learn about the productivity of young workers, such as Altonji and Pierret (2001), have two principal implications: First, the distribution of wages becomes more dispersed as a cohort of workers gains experience; second, the coefficient on a variable that employers...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271377
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Does employer learning vary by occupation?
Mansour, Hani - 2010
choice ; earnings inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003974544
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The gender wage gap : extent, trends, and explanations
Blau, Francine D.; Kahn, Lawrence M. - 2016
Using PSID microdata over the 1980-2010, we provide new empirical evidence on the extent of and trends in the gender wage gap, which declined considerably over this period. By 2010, conventional human capital variables taken together explained little of the gender wage gap, while gender...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011417670
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Immigrant selection systems and occupational outcomes of international medical graduates in Canada and the United States
McDonald, James Ted; Warman, Casey; Worswick, Christopher - 2011
We analyze the process of immigrant selection and occupational outcomes of International Medical Graduates (IMGs) in the US and Canada. We extend the IMG relicensing model of Kugler and Sauer (2005) to incorporate two different approaches to immigrant selection: employer nomination systems and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009690559
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The gender wage gap : extent, trends, and explanations
Blau, Francine D.; Kahn, Lawrence M. - 2016
Using PSID microdata over the 1980-2010, we provide new empirical evidence on the extent of and trends in the gender wage gap, which declined considerably over this period. By 2010, conventional human capital variables taken together explained little of the gender wage gap, while gender...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011450031
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Physical constitution matters for athletic performance and salary of NBA players
Bakkenbüll, Linn-Brit - 2017
Basketball is one of the most practised sports in the world, especially in America. America has the most famous professional basketball league, the National Basketball Association (NBA). This study examines whether there is a relationship between the physical constitution of professional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011594215