The impact of obesity on employment |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Family Medicine, Madigan Army Medical Center, 9040 Fitzsimmons Avenue, Fort Lewis, WA 98431, USA;2. Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, 4301 Jones Bridge Road, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA;1. Department of Family Medicine, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea;2. Department of Medicine, Graduate School, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea;3. International Health Care Center, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea;1. Department of Intercultural Communication and Management, Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark;2. Institute for Health Care & Public Management, University of Hohenheim, Germany;3. Bremen Institute for Prevention Research and Social Medicine, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany;4. Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Public Health Epidemiology Unit, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden;5. Growth, Exercise, Nutrition and Development Research Group, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain;6. Research and Education Institute of Child Health, Strovolos, Cyprus;7. Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University Hospital, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium;8. Department of Paediatrics, Medical Faculty, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary;9. Institute of Food Science & Technology, National Research Council, Italy;10. National Institute for Health Development, Tallinn, Estonia;11. Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK;12. Institute for Public Health and Nursing Research, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany;1. Université de Paris, INSERM U1266, Paris, France;2. Department of Psychiatry, AP-HP, Louis Mourier Hospital, Colombes, France;3. Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, INSERM, Institut Pierre Louis d’Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique (IPLESP UMRS 1136), Paris, France;4. CMME, Sainte Anne Hospital, AP-HP, Colombes, France;1. Centre for Health Economics, Monash Business School, Monash University, Australia;2. Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York, United Kingdom |
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| Abstract: | Using data from two rounds of the Health Survey for England I investigate the impact of obesity on employment. I use three approaches: a univariate probit model; propensity score matching; and IV regression using a recursive bivariate probit model. Conditional on a comprehensive set of covariates, the findings show that obesity has a statistically significant and negative effect on employment in both males and females. In males the endogeneity of obesity does not significantly affect the estimates, and the magnitude of effect is similar across the three methods. In females, failure to account for endogeneity leads to underestimation of the negative impact of obesity on employment. |
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