The impact of obesity on labour market outcomes in the UK and the EU

在英国，每四个成年人中就有一个患有肥胖，患糖尿病的风险很高。根据英国国家医疗服务体系(NHS)的数据，仅在2017年，英国就有近30%的成年人和近20%的儿童被归类为肥胖。根据欧盟统计局(2019年)的数据，这些数字并没有为欧盟提供不同的图景。肥胖的后果是复杂和多方面的，例如个人日常生活质量差和他们的总体健康状况，以及它强加了医疗服务成本的增加，无论是私人的还是私人的。劳动力经济学家非常有动力研究这种公共流行病在劳动力市场的影响，即它如何影响个人的生产力、工作场所的关系、工作经验和劳动力市场结果。我的研究将分析肥胖对欧盟和英国劳动力市场结果的影响，包括个人找到工作的可能性及其对工资的影响。此外，我的目标是提供关于肥胖在决定个人被剥夺工作晋升、工作职位和与工作相关的培训机会的可能性方面的作用的见解。此外，我还将重点讨论肥胖对就业人员工资增长的影响。我的发现将提供有关欧洲国家在重大但较少探索的分娩结果方面惩罚肥胖的差异的重要信息。

In the UK one in four adults is obese with a high risk of diabetes. According to the National Health Service(NHS), only in England in 2017, almost 30% of the adults and almost 20% of the children are classified asobese. According to the Eurostat (2019), the numbers do not provide a different picture for the EU. Theconsequences of obesity are complex and multi-dimensional, such as poor quality in daily life ofindividuals and their general health status as well as it imposes an increase in the cost of health serviceswhich can be either private.Labour economists are highly motivated to study the impact of this public epidemic in the labour marketregarding the way that it affects individuals' productivity, relations on workplaces, job experience andlabour market outcomes. My research will analyse the impact of obesity on the labour market outcomesin the EU and in the UK in terms of the probability of individuals to find a job and its impact on theirwages. Additionally, I aim to provide insights regarding the way that obesity contributes on determiningthe probability of individuals to be denied a job promotion, job position, and opportunities for workrelated trainings. Furthermore, I will focus also on the way that obesity impacts the growth of wages ofemployed. My findings will provide important information regarding the variation that European countriespenalised obesity regarding significant but less explored labour outcomes.