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Immigration policy and immigrants' sleep : evidence from DACA
Giuntella, Osea; Lonsky, Jakub; Mazzonna, Fabrizio; … - 2020
associated with immigrant status and immigration policy can directly affect mental health. While previous studies have documented …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012319674
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Economic and Anthropological Assessments of the Health of Children in Maya Immigrant Families in the Us
Smith, Patricia K.; Bogin, Barry; Varela Silva, Maria Ines - 2008
heavier than both Guatemalan Maya and White American children, and have high rates of overweight and obesity. Quantile …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014080492
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Wiiw studies on the integration of Middle Eastern refugees in Austria, based on FIMAS surveys and register-based labour market career data
Landesmann, Michael; Leitner, Sandra M.; Jestl, Stefan; … - 2023
This Policy Note reports on the analyses undertaken in a number of wiiw Working Papers that are the output of two projects financed by the Anniversary Fund of the Austrian National Bank (Project no. 18474 and no. 17166). Four of the papers are based on survey data from the FIMAS dataset, which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014442001
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Origin country conflict and immigrant physical health
Compton, Ryan A.; Craig, Andrea N.; Heger, Dörte; … - 2024
Using multiple waves of Statistics Canada's Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) linked with the Longitudinal Immigration Database (IMDB), as well as the Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP)/ International Peace Research Institute in Oslo (PRIO) Armed Conflict Dataset, we examine the effect...
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The Effect of Weight on Labor Market Outcomes: An Application of Genetic Instrumental Variables
Böckerman, Petri; Cawley, John; Viinikainen, Jutta; … - 2016
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011494279
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Productivity or discrimination? An economic analysis of excess-weight penalty in the Swedish labor market
Dackehag, Margareta; Gerdtham, Ulf-G.; Nordin, Martin - 2011
significant employment penalty. Both genders experience a significant income penalty for obesity. We conclude that the penalties …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013208573
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A Model of Worker Investment in Safety and Its Effects on Accidents and Wages
Guardado, José R.; Ziebarth, Nicolas - 2013
risk and wages. We test the model's predictions using obesity as a proxy for worker disinvestments in human capital and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319513
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A model of worker investment in safety and its effects on accidents and wages
Guardado, José R.; Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - 2013
risk and wages. We test the model's predictions using obesity as a proxy for worker disinvestments in human capital and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009753722
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Stature and life-time labor market outcomes : accounting for unobserved differences
Böckerman, Petri; Vainiomäki, Jari - 2013
We use twin data matched to register-based individual information on earnings and employment to examine the effect of height on life-time labor market outcomes. The use of twin data allows us to remove otherwise unobserved ability and other differences. The twin pair difference estimates from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009753798
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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