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Educational Outcomes, Gender And Body Weight: Evidence From Italy

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  • Adriana Barone

    (Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Statistiche and CELPE (Centro di Ricerca Interdipartimentale di Economia del Lavoro e di Politica Economica), Universita` degli Studi di Salerno)

  • Annamaria Nese

    (Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Statistiche and CELPE (Centro di Ricerca Interdipartimentale di Economia del Lavoro e di Politica Economica), Universita` degli Studi di Salerno.)

Abstract

This study examines the relationship between body weight and academic performance, focusing on gender differences and using survey data from students at the University of Salerno in Italy. Our findings indicate a significant negative relationship between body weight and academic performance, particularly for female students. Moreover, examining the relationship between BMI and field of study (i.e., science vs. the humanities), our results indicate that overweight/obese females are less likely than those of average weight to choose scientific studies, and hence, more remunerative careers. The asymmetry of the findings between males and females suggests that during late adolescence physicality plays different roles according to gender.

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  • Adriana Barone & Annamaria Nese, 2016. "Educational Outcomes, Gender And Body Weight: Evidence From Italy," Rivista Internazionale di Scienze Sociali, Vita e Pensiero, Pubblicazioni dell'Universita' Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, vol. 124(3-4), pages 257-282.
    • Handle: RePEc:vep:journl:y:2016:v:124:i:3-4:p:257-282
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    Cited by:

    1. Yuval Arbel & Chaim Fialkoff & Amichai Kerner, 2019. "Does the Housing Unit's Type and Size Affect Health?," Business and Economic Research, Macrothink Institute, vol. 9(1), pages 45-68, March.
    2. Adriana Barone & Cristian Barra, 2022. "Gender differences in weight status and early school leaving in Italy," Regional Science Policy & Practice, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 14(3), pages 644-666, June.
    3. Barone, Adriana & Barra, Cristian, 2019. "Weight status and mental health in Italy: Evidence from EHIS2 microdata," MPRA Paper 96703, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    4. Yuval Arbel & Chaim Fialkoff & Amichai Kerner, 2020. "The Chicken and Egg Problem: Obesity and the Urban Monocentric Model," The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, Springer, vol. 61(4), pages 576-606, November.
    5. BARONE, Adriana & NESE, Annamaria, 2017. "Investment in Education, Obesity and Health Behaviours," CELPE Discussion Papers 146, CELPE - CEnter for Labor and Political Economics, University of Salerno, Italy.

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    Keywords

    Human capital; Body weight; Educational economics; Microeconometrics;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
    • D01 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Microeconomic Behavior: Underlying Principles
    • C25 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Discrete Regression and Qualitative Choice Models; Discrete Regressors; Proportions; Probabilities

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