obesity. Controlling for unobserved heterogeneity and reversed causality we find evidence that household debt also causally … employed individuals, and (c) lagged debt variables to rule out problems of reverse causality. We apply different measures of … precarious debt situation). We find all debt measures to be strongly correlated with health satisfaction, mental health, and …

We use information from the last wave of the Spanish Survey of Households Finance to study the influence of debt on the … smaller MPC than non-indebted households. This negative association increases along with the amount of debt. We also find a …

weight and obesity rates. We first introduce the concept of novelty consumption, which refers to an increase in food …

people’s lifestyles have exacerbated the challenges of improving population diet and reducing obesity levels. …

weight and obesity rates. We first introduce the concept of novelty consumption, which refers to an increase in food …

Obesity provides a potentially informative signal about individuals' choices and preferences. Using NLSY survey data …, we estimate that debt delinquency is 20 percent higher among the obese than the non-obese after controlling for an … extensive set of financial and economic credit risk factors. The economic significance of obesity for delinquencies is …