Does leaving school in an economic downturn persistently affect body weight? evidence from panel data

• Autores: Johanna Catherine Maclean
• Localización: Industrial Relations: A journal of Economy and Society, ISSN-e 1468-232X, Vol. 55, Nº. 1, 2016, págs. 122-148
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • In this study I test whether leaving school when the state unemployment rate is high persistently affects body weight. Because the time and location of school leaving are potentially endogenous, I predict the economic conditions at school leaving with instruments based on birth date and residence at age 14. My findings show that by age 40 men (women) who left school when the state unemployment rate was high have lower (higher) body weight