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dc.contributor.authorSohn, Kitae
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-04T02:46:24Z
dc.date.available2017-04-04T02:46:24Z
dc.date.created2017-04-03T10:56:20Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.citationSohn, K. 2014. Job Strenuousness and Obesity: The Case of a Developing Country. Journal of Development Studies. 50 (9): pp. 1289-1301.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/51766
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/00220388.2014.925543
dc.description.abstract

© 2014, © 2014 Taylor & Francis.This paper analyses the Indonesian Family Life Survey to show that job strenuousness is negatively related to obesity, which is largely consistent with the literature. However, this paper does not interpret the relationship as causal. Instead, efforts are made to demonstrate that the relationship is attributable to sample selection: workers with low socioeconomic status are lightweight and selected for strenuous jobs. This paper warns against reflexive applications of the conclusions derived from the developed world to the developing world. Our results imply that sedentariness at work probably plays a small role in the prevalence of obesity in the region.

dc.publisherRoutledge
dc.titleJob Strenuousness and Obesity: The Case of a Developing Country
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume50
dcterms.source.number9
dcterms.source.startPage1289
dcterms.source.endPage1301
dcterms.source.issn0022-0388
dcterms.source.titleJournal of Development Studies
curtin.departmentDepartment of Economics & Property
curtin.accessStatusFulltext not available


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