Arbel Yuval, Arbel Yifat, Kerner Amichai, Kerner Miryam
Sir Harry Solomon School of Economics and Management, Western Galilee College, Acre, Israel.
Department of Mathematics, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel.
Front Public Health. 2024 Nov 27;12:1480365. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1480365. eCollection 2024.
This study investigates the potential relationship between obesity and self-ranking of poverty, as a proxy for self-awareness and happiness. To the best of our knowledge, this issue has not been previously explored based on self-ranking of poverty when income is controlled.
Ordered Probit Regressions. We propose a new measure for the influence of western social values and norms associated with discrimination against obese women.
Based on a follow-up survey after two years, findings demonstrate a in the projected probability of self-ranking as "not poor" with the from 0.73 to 0.37 (females) - 0.48 (males) when the level of income is controlled. Similar outcomes are obtained when the independent variables are lagged and thus avoid endogeneity concerns. Finally, additional outcomes support the conclusion that the lagged Granger-cause self-ranking of poverty for women, but not for men. Findings support the awareness of more obese women to lower prospects of finding a job.
Since according to twin studies, approximately 80% of obesity emanates from genetic factors, research findings stress the need to educate the public against prejudices on the grounds of obesity. In particular, our study seeks to evoke awareness among potential employers, which, in turn, might motivate avoidance of, or at least reduction in, an implicit wage penalty against obese women.
本研究调查肥胖与贫困自我排名之间的潜在关系，贫困自我排名可作为自我认知和幸福感的指标。据我们所知，在控制收入的情况下，此前尚未基于贫困自我排名对这一问题进行过探讨。
有序概率回归。我们提出了一种新的衡量方法，用于评估与对肥胖女性的歧视相关的西方社会价值观和规范的影响。
基于两年后的随访调查，研究结果表明，在控制收入水平时，自我排名为“不贫困”的预测概率从0.73降至0.37（女性）——0.48（男性）。当自变量滞后时也获得了类似结果，从而避免了内生性问题。最后，其他结果支持以下结论：滞后的[此处原文缺失具体变量]对女性的贫困自我排名具有格兰杰因果关系，但对男性则不然。研究结果支持了更多肥胖女性意识到就业前景较低这一观点。
由于根据双胞胎研究，约80%的肥胖源于遗传因素，研究结果强调有必要教育公众反对基于肥胖的偏见。特别是，我们的研究旨在唤起潜在雇主的意识，这反过来可能促使他们避免或至少减少对肥胖女性的隐性工资惩罚。
