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Is Excess Weight Penalised or Rewarded in Middle‐Income Countries’ Labour Markets? Comparative Evidence from China, India and Mexico

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hal.structure.identifierGroupe de Recherche en Economie Théorique et Appliquée [GREThA]
dc.contributor.authorCLÉMENT, Matthieu
hal.structure.identifierGroupe de Recherche en Economie Théorique et Appliquée [GREThA]
hal.structure.identifierVeolia Eau (Paris)
dc.contributor.authorLEVASSEUR, Pierre
hal.structure.identifierGroupe de Recherche en Economie Théorique et Appliquée [GREThA]
dc.contributor.authorSEETAHUL, Suneha
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dc.date.accessioned2020-06-05T12:08:05Z
dc.date.available2020-06-05T12:08:05Z
dc.date.issued2020-01-11
dc.identifier.issn0023-5962en_US
dc.identifier.urioai:crossref.org:10.1111/kykl.12220
dc.identifier.urihttps://oskar-bordeaux.fr/handle/20.500.12278/7777
dc.description.abstractEnThis comparative study examines the relationship between excess weight and hourly wages in the unprecedented context of middle‐income countries. We compare three countries that are at different stages of the nutrition transition: India (at an early stage), China (at an intermediate stage) and Mexico (at an advanced stage). To do so, we use three distinct household surveys and combine different estimation procedures. Our results emphasise a wage penalty of underweight together with a wage reward of excess weight in India, pointing towards the persistence of pro‐fat social norms in a country where hunger is still highly prevalent. Conversely, we observe significant overweight and obesity wage penalties in China, especially in non‐manual jobs, probably due to a large diffusion of anti‐fat social norms in a country where hunger is residual and normal weight predominant. In Mexico, we find an overweight wage premium in manual jobs and no effect in non‐manual jobs. We speculate that the large‐scale diffusion of excess weight may lead to its greater social acceptance (i.e. ‘new’ pro‐fat norms). Finally, we explore the potential transmission channels through which bodyweight may affect wages. We provide evidence of potential anti‐fat discrimination in China and pro‐fat‐discrimination in India and Mexico. Our results have important implications in terms of public health policy.
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dc.titleIs Excess Weight Penalised or Rewarded in Middle‐Income Countries’ Labour Markets? Comparative Evidence from China, India and Mexico
dc.typeArticle de revueen_US
dc.subject.halÉconomie et finance quantitative [q-fin]en_US
bordeaux.journalKyklosen_US
bordeaux.page161-195en_US
bordeaux.volume73en_US
bordeaux.hal.laboratoriesGroupe de Recherche en Economie Théorique et Appliquée (GREThA) - UMR 5113en_US
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bordeaux.institutionUniversité de Bordeauxen_US
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