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Ulf Gerdtham. Foto.

Ulf Gerdtham

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Ulf Gerdtham. Foto.

Productivity or discrimination? An economic analysis of excess-weight penalty in the Swedish labor market

Författare

  • Margareta Dackehag
  • Ulf Gerdtham
  • Martin Nordin

Summary, in English

Using longitudinal data, this paper investigates the penalty for excess weight in the Swedish labor market, distinguishing between the productivity and the discrimination hypotheses. We analyze employment, income, and sickness absence , using the latter as a direct measure of productivity. We find that excess weight women, but not men, experience a significant employment penalty. Both genders experience a significant income penalty for obesity. We conclude that the penalties are associated with lower productivity, primarily in terms of health. We find no evidence of discrimination.

Avdelning/ar

  • Nationalekonomiska institutionen
  • EpiHealth: Epidemiology for Health

Publiceringsår

2011

Språk

Engelska

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Lund University, Department of Economics Working Papers

Volym

2011

Issue

12

Dokumenttyp

Working paper

Förlag

Department of Economics, Lund University

Ämne

  • Economics

Nyckelord

  • sickness absence
  • income
  • Employment
  • obesity
  • overweight

Status

Published