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dc.contributor.authorRohde, Nicholas
dc.contributor.authorTang, Kam K.
dc.contributor.authorOsberg, Lars
dc.contributor.editorRohde, Nicholas
dc.contributor.editorNaranpanawa, Athula
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-16T08:05:56Z
dc.date.available2020-01-16T08:05:56Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.issn1837-7750
dc.identifier.otherRePEc:gri:epaper:economics:201601
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/390309
dc.description.abstractThis paper models the dynamic effects of economic insecurity on body weight. Using Australian panel data, we infer an individual's level of economic insecurity as a function of exposure to various financial risks and employ regression equations to explore its effect upon current period Body Mass Index (BMI) scores. Estimates reveal that a sustained standard deviation increase in economic insecurity raises an individual's BMI at a rate of approximately 0.35 units per year. Quantile regressions are then used to estimate the sensitivity of body weight to insecurity at different percentiles of the distribution and we find that persons who are overweight and obese are much more seriously affected. This implies that shocks that make individuals more financially vulnerable can generate harmful self-sustaining cycles of risk and weight gain. We also model the dynamics of insecurity and show that it is a persistent phenomenon for persons with high levels of exposure and lower incomes and educational attainments. This finding indicates that persons of lower socioeconomic status are more likely to encounter vicious cycles of increasing insecurity and obesity, which partially explains why weight related health problems are unusually highly concentrated amongst these individuals.
dc.format.extent15 pages
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherGriffith University
dc.publisher.placeBrisbane, Australia
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom1
dc.relation.ispartofpageto15
dc.subject.keywordsI12 - Health Production
dc.subject.keywordsI30 - Welfare and Poverty: General
dc.subject.keywordsEconomic Insecurity
dc.subject.keywordsBody Mass Index
dc.subject.keywordsHealth Economics
dc.subject.keywordsObesity
dc.title2016-01: The self-reinforcing dynamics of economic insecurity and obesity (Working paper)
dc.typeReport
dc.type.descriptionDiscussion Paper
gro.facultyGriffith Business School
gro.description.notepublicEconomics and Business Statistics
gro.rights.copyrightCopyright © 2010 by author(s). No part of this paper may be reproduced in any form, or stored in a retrieval system, without prior permission of the author(s).
gro.date.issued2016
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gro.griffith.authorRohde, Nicholas


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