We use data from the European Community Household Panel to investigate the impact of body weight on wages in nine …

OLS specifications, which have been the main approaches in previous studies. Women's wages and employment probabilities do … indicates that looks, rather than health, is the driving force behind the adverse labor market outcomes to which overweight … lower wages because they lack the muscular strength required in such occupations. …

OLS specifications, which have been the main approaches in previous studies. Women's wages and employment probabilities do … indicates that looks, rather than health, is the driving force behind the adverse labor market outcomes to which overweight … lower wages because they lack the muscular strength required in such occupations. …

prevent firms from conditioning wages on health conditions of their workers, and that prevent health insurance companies from …This paper constructs a dynamic model of health insurance to evaluate the short- and long run effects of policies that … charging individuals with adverse health conditions higher insurance premia. Our study is motivated by recent US legislation …

prevent firms from conditioning wages on health conditions of their workers, and that prevent health insurance companies from …This paper constructs a dynamic model of health insurance to evaluate the short- and long-run effects of policies that … charging individuals with adverse health conditions higher insurance premia. Our study is motivated by recent US legislation …