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

肥胖对英国和欧盟劳动力市场结果的影响

• 批准号: 2442763
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Southampton
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2442763
• 关键词: impact; obesity; labour; market; outcomes

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.

在英国，每四个成年人中就有一个患有糖尿病的高危人群。根据英国国家医疗服务体系（NHS）的数据，2017年，仅在英格兰，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情况。肥胖的后果是复杂和多方面的，如个人的日常生活质量和他们的一般健康状况，以及它强加的医疗服务成本的增加，这可以是私人。劳动经济学家非常积极地研究这种公共流行病对劳动力市场的影响，包括它对个人生产力、工作场所关系、工作经验和劳动力市场结果的影响。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，即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拒绝工作晋升、工作职位和工作相关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。我的研究结果将提供重要的信息，说明欧洲国家惩罚肥胖的差异对显著但较少探索的劳动结果。