The effect of obesity, alcohol misuse and smoking on employment and hours worked: evidence from the Icelandic economic collapse
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Keywords
Obesity; Alcohol; Smoking; Employment; Labor supply; Business cycles;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I10 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - General
- J01 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - General - - - Labor Economics: General
- J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
- J23 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Demand
- J22 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Time Allocation and Labor Supply
- E00 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - General - - - General
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