An Instrumental Variables Approach to Measuring the Effect of Body Weight on Employment Disability. From: Health Services Research | Date: December 1, 2000| Author: Cawley, John | COPYRIGHT 2000 American College of Healthcare Executives. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Objective. To measure the effect of body weight on employment disability.

Data Sources. Female respondents to the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY), a nationally representative sample of American youth, surveyed from 1979 to 1998, merged with data from the child sample of the NLSY.

Study Design. A series of probit models and probit models with instrumental variables is estimated with the goal of measuring the effect of body weight on employment dis...

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