Recent studies in health economics have generated two important findings: that as a measure of fatness the body mass index (BMI) is biased; and that, when it comes to analyzing wage correlates, both fat-free mass (FFM) and body fat (BF) are better suited to the task. We validate these findings for...

Background: Many university departments use students’ evaluations of teaching (SET) to compare and rank courses. However, absenteeism from class is often nonrandom and, therefore, SET for different courses might not be comparable. Objective: The present study aims to answer two questions. Are...

Das zunehmende Interesse an ökonomischen Fragestellungen in der Soziologie hat zu einer Fülle empirischer Arbeiten auf dem Gebiet der Wirtschaftssoziologie geführt. Das Buch trägt fundamentale Erkenntnisse quantitativer Forschung zusammen und demonstriert anhand eigener empirischer Beiträge...