A physiological foundation for the nutrition-based efficiency wage model
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A physiological foundation for the nutrition-based efficiency wage model. / Dalgaard, Carl-Johan Lars; Strulik, Holger.
I: Oxford Economic Papers, Bind 63, Nr. 2, 04.2011, s. 232-253.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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TY - JOUR
T1 - A physiological foundation for the nutrition-based efficiency wage model
AU - Dalgaard, Carl-Johan Lars
AU - Strulik, Holger
N1 - JEL classification: O11, O15, J21, J31
PY - 2011/4
Y1 - 2011/4
N2 - Drawing on recent research on allometric scaling and energy consumption, the present paper develops a nutrition-based efficiency wage model from first principles. The biologically micro-founded model allows us to address empirical criticism of the original nutrition-based efficiency wage model. By extending the model with respect to heterogeneity in worker body size and a physiologically founded impact of body size on productivity, we demonstrate that the nutrition-based efficiency wage model is compatible with the empirical regularity that taller workers simultaneously earn higher wages and are less likely to be unemployed in less developed economies. The theory also provides an answer to the question of why the height-unemployment association may disappear in the process of development.
AB - Drawing on recent research on allometric scaling and energy consumption, the present paper develops a nutrition-based efficiency wage model from first principles. The biologically micro-founded model allows us to address empirical criticism of the original nutrition-based efficiency wage model. By extending the model with respect to heterogeneity in worker body size and a physiologically founded impact of body size on productivity, we demonstrate that the nutrition-based efficiency wage model is compatible with the empirical regularity that taller workers simultaneously earn higher wages and are less likely to be unemployed in less developed economies. The theory also provides an answer to the question of why the height-unemployment association may disappear in the process of development.
U2 - 10.1093/oep/gpq031
DO - 10.1093/oep/gpq031
M3 - Journal article
VL - 63
SP - 232
EP - 253
JO - Oxford Economic Papers
JF - Oxford Economic Papers
SN - 0030-7653
IS - 2
ER -
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