dc.contributor.author | Rohde, Nicholas | |
dc.contributor.author | Tang, Kam K. | |
dc.contributor.author | Osberg, Lars | |
dc.contributor.editor | Rohde, Nicholas | |
dc.contributor.editor | Naranpanawa, Athula | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-01-16T08:05:56Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-01-16T08:05:56Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1837-7750 | |
dc.identifier.other | RePEc:gri:epaper:economics:201601 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10072/390309 | |
dc.description.abstract | This 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.extent | 15 pages | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.publisher | Griffith University | |
dc.publisher.place | Brisbane, Australia | |
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom | 1 | |
dc.relation.ispartofpageto | 15 | |
dc.subject.keywords | I12 - Health Production | |
dc.subject.keywords | I30 - Welfare and Poverty: General | |
dc.subject.keywords | Economic Insecurity | |
dc.subject.keywords | Body Mass Index | |
dc.subject.keywords | Health Economics | |
dc.subject.keywords | Obesity | |
dc.title | 2016-01: The self-reinforcing dynamics of economic insecurity and obesity (Working paper) | |
dc.type | Report | |
dc.type.description | Discussion Paper | |
gro.faculty | Griffith Business School | |
gro.description.notepublic | Economics and Business Statistics | |
gro.rights.copyright | Copyright © 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.issued | 2016 | |
gro.hasfulltext | Full Text | |
gro.griffith.author | Rohde, Nicholas | |