Although lower income is associated with overweight (and obesity), such an association is explained by a number of … other confounding effects such as omitted variables (e.g., time preferences) explaining that income effect on overweight. We … study the effect of unearned income shocks resulting from a lottery win (windfall income) on both overweight (alongside …

convenience foods. The consequence is the increasing rate of overweight and obesity through the population and in particular among …

related to a decline in the likelihood of being overweight. Furthermore, birth of younger siblings at higher parities leads to …

Being overweight or obese is associated with lower employment and earnings, possibly arising from employer … the hiring process. However, whether overweight job applicants also face employer discrimination is still an open question … overweight. Applications with a photo of the weight-manipulated male receive significantly fewer callbacks for a job interview …

considered in the literature on the effects of obesity. Interestingly enough, we find that BMI does not discriminate young …

We examine the vertical transmission of overweight drawing upon a sample of English children, both adopted and non …-adopted, and their families. Our results suggest strong evidence of an intergenerational association of overweight among adoptees …, indicating transmission through cultural factors. We find that, when both adoptive parents are overweight, the likelihood of an …

's probability to smoke and to be overweight in adolescence. The effects persist into adulthood, reducing chronic conditions that …