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Genetic information, obesity, and labor market outcomes.

Health economics - 1 Sept 2008

Norton Edward C, Han Euna

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Economists have argued that obesity may lead to worse labor market outcomes, especially for women. Empirical methods to test this hypothesis have not thus far adequately controlled for the endogeneity of obesity. We use variation in genotype to predict variation in phenotype (obesity). Genetic information from specific genes linked to obesity in the biomedical literature provides strong exogenous variation in the...

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PMID: 18615836
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1383
PMCID: PMC3852680

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