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01-06-2010 | Original Paper

BMI and Spanish labour status: evidence by gender from the city of Barcelona

Author: Toni Mora

Published in: The European Journal of Health Economics | Issue 3/2010

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The purpose of this study was to analyse whether BMI has any consequence on being employed or not in a specific Spanish labour market (those living in the city of Barcelona). Self-reported data were corrected by means of specific conversion formulas. Additionally, participants were questioned about making use of an IV procedure (gap between individual BMI score and the average value of those either with the same attained educational level by gender, or living in the same district). Irrespective of the strategy applied, the results point to the presence of BMI effects on labour market status exclusively for women, specifically those up to 45 years old.

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Title: BMI and Spanish labour status: evidence by gender from the city of Barcelona
Author: Toni Mora
Publication date: 01-06-2010
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: The European Journal of Health Economics / Issue 3/2010
Print ISSN: 1618-7598
Electronic ISSN: 1618-7601
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10198-009-0169-y

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