New evidence of the effect of body weight on labor market outcomes in a developing country
Pesqui. Planej. Econ. (Impr.); 47 (2), 2017
This paper provides new evidence of the effect of body weight on labor market outcomes in Brazil. The methodology uses the sibling's body mass index as an instrumental variable to deal with endogeneity issues. We found that body weight has a positive effect on wages and formal employment. Furthermore, we...
