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

在英国，四分之一的成年人肥胖，患糖尿病的风险很高。根据英国国民健康服务体系（NHS）的数据，仅在2017年，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。肥胖症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总体健康状况不佳，以及它增加了医疗服务的成本，这可能是私人的。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概率及其对工资的影响。此外，我的目标是提供有关肥胖的方式有助于确定个人的概率被拒绝的工作晋升，工作岗位，和工作相关的培训机会的见解。此外，我还将关注肥胖对就业工资增长的影响。我的研究结果将提供有关欧洲国家惩罚肥胖的变化的重要信息，这些变化涉及重要但较少探索的劳动结果。

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.