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24.05.2022 | Original Article
An analysis of the effects on labour market success based on weight class membership, with evidence from Germany
Erschienen in: Journal of Public Health | Ausgabe 10/2022
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Aim
According to estimates by the World Health Organization (WHO), more than 1.9 billion adults were overweight in 2016, of whom 650 million were considered obese. Various studies show that greater physical activity can have positive effects on the job market. This suggests that obesity not only leads to higher health care costs, it also puts those affected at a disadvantage in the labour market. Against this background, the following questions will be investigated in this article: (1) can a connection between a person's body mass index (BMI), income and years of education be identified? and (2) do income and years of education differ as parameters for professional success in terms of their expression depending on the BMI?
Subject and methods
To answer these questions, data from the Socio-Economic Panel (reference year 2016) is used, based on a division of the people using the BMI into the groups of normal weight, overweight and obese.
Results
It can be shown that people with obesity achieve a lower number of years of education than the other two groups and a lower income than overweight people.
Conclusion
Based on this major socio-economic disadvantage of obese people, further preventive and curative approaches to solving obesity need to be developed.