. -- Body mass index BMI ; comparisons ; imitation ; happiness ; peer effects ; dieting ; mental health ; well-being ; obesity …

The productive and allocative theories predict that education has positive impact on health: the more educated adopt … healthier life styles and use more efficiently health inputs and this explains why they live longer. We find partial support for … positive correlation among education years, life styles, health outputs and functionalities. We however find confirmation for …

Based on the German Socio-Economic Panel, the influence of the body mass index on health, earnings and satisfaction is … analysed by gender. Basic results are: health worsens, income declines and satisfaction is poorer with higher body mass index … health estimates while satisfaction results fluctuate. Underweight women and especially underweight men tend to less …

) productivity. -- wages ; body mass index ; Europe …