Effect of Genetic Propensity for Obesity on Income and Wealth Through Educational Attainment.
Journal
Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.)
ISSN: 1930-739X
Titre abrégé: Obesity (Silver Spring)
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101264860
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
09 2019
09 2019
Historique:
received:
13
02
2019
accepted:
18
04
2019
pubmed:
15
6
2019
medline:
24
4
2020
entrez:
15
6
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
This study contributes to the literature on the income and wealth consequences of obesity by exploiting recent discoveries about the genetic basis of BMI. The relation between a genetic risk score (GRS) for BMI, which reflects the genetic predisposition to have a higher body weight, and income and wealth was analyzed in a longitudinal data set comprising 5,962 individuals (22,490 individual-year observations) from the US Health and Retirement Study. Empirical analyses showed that the GRS for BMI lowers individual income and household wealth through the channel of lower educational attainment. Sex-stratified analyses showed that this effect is particularly significant among females. This study provides support for the negative effects of the GRS for BMI on individual income and household wealth through lower education for females. For males, the effects are estimated to be smaller and insignificant. The larger effects for females compared with males may be due to greater labor market taste-based discrimination faced by females.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31199061
doi: 10.1002/oby.22528
pmc: PMC6707840
mid: NIHMS1028119
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
1423-1427Subventions
Organisme : NIA NIH HHS
ID : U01 AG009740
Pays : United States
Informations de copyright
© 2019 The Authors. Obesity published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of The Obesity Society (TOS).
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