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KMID : 1170320130190030083
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Korean Journal of Health Economics and Policy
2013 Volume.19 No. 3 p.83 ~ p.100
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The Impact of Obesity on Labor Market Outcomes in Korea
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Hong Seong-Hoon
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Abstract
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This paper investigates the impact of obesity on employment in Korea using National Health and Nutrition Survey Data from 2005 to 2011. I use instrument variables to control for endogeneity of obesity and estimate employment equation by two step estimation method. The estimation results show that obesity has a positive effect on employment when obesity is defined as the Body Mass Index(BMI) over 25. However, obesity has a significant negative impact on employment when obesity is defined as the BMI over 30 or wast circumstances over 90cm for men and 80cm for women.
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KEYWORD
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Obesity, Employment, Instrumental Variable, Endogeneity, Two Step Estimation
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