Chỉ số BMI và Việc làm: Có phải có ưu đãi cho người thừa cân?

Italian Economic Journal - Tập 4 - Trang 523-548 - 2018
Paolo Nicola Barbieri1
1Centre for Health Economics, University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden

Tóm tắt

Bằng cách sử dụng dữ liệu tập hợp từ Khảo sát Sức khỏe Anh (HSE) và mô hình hồi quy bán tham số, bài báo này nhằm mục đích ước lượng mối quan hệ giữa trọng lượng cơ thể và xác suất có việc làm. Chúng tôi cho thấy rằng xác suất có việc làm không theo một mối quan hệ tuyến tính và cao nhất ở trọng lượng cơ thể vượt quá ngưỡng lâm sàng cho tình trạng thừa cân. Thay vì tìm thấy "hình phạt béo phì", chúng tôi phát hiện ra chứng cứ về một "ưu đãi thừa cân", đặc biệt trong các công việc có tính xã hội cao. Những kết quả này gợi ý rằng có thể tồn tại một chuẩn mực xã hội nội sinh điều chỉnh các đánh giá về trọng lượng cơ thể và ảnh hưởng đến triển vọng việc làm, điều này đã được cập nhật gần đây do sự gia tăng trọng lượng cơ thể trung bình.

Từ khóa

#BMI #việc làm #thừa cân #ưu đãi #chuẩn mực xã hội

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