macro level data sources to explore the link between political factors and body mass index (BMI). We implement a … heteroskedastic generalized ordered logit model allowing for different covariate effects across the BMI distribution and accounting … for the unequal BMI dispersion by geographical area. We find that systems with democratic qualities are more likely to …

This paper presents a systematic analysis of the impact of socioeconomic status (SES) on overweight and obesity in … China and investigates how and why the SES-obesity gradient differs with age. Using a longitudinal sample drawn from the … China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS), I find that body mass index (BMI) is positively associated with SES during early …

This research focuses on the impacts of weight, measured by body mass index (BMI), on employment, wages, and missed … potential biases due to endogeneity in BMI. The results show an inverted U-shaped effect of BMI on probability of employment for … men and women. We did not find evidence of wage penalty for higher BMI. In fact, the wages for overweigh men are higher …

Rising obesity is not only a pressing global public health problem. There is also substantial evidence that obese …. Understanding whether obesity is associated with adverse labor market outcomes and ascertaining the source of these outcomes are …

This paper estimates the impacts of weight, measured by body mass index (BMI), on employment, wages, and missed work … biases due to endogeneity in BMI. The results show an inverted U-shaped effect of BMI on probability of employment for men … and women. We did not find evidence of wage penalty for higher BMI. In fact, the wages for overweigh men are higher …

importance of obesity on the timing of bankruptcy. Even after accounting for possible endogeneity of BMI and controlling for a …Over the last two decades, both bankruptcy and obesity rates in the U.S. have seen a steady rise. As obesity is one of …