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The impact of obesity on human capital accumulation: exploring the driving factors

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dc.affiliation.dptoUC3M. Departamento de Economíaes
dc.contributor.authorCarrasco, Raquel
dc.contributor.authorGonzález González, Diego
dc.contributor.editorUniversidad Carlos III de Madrid. Departamento de Economíaes
dc.contributor.funderMinisterio de Economía y Competitividad (España)es
dc.contributor.funderComunidad de Madrides
dc.contributor.funderEuropean Commissionen
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-10T09:22:11Z
dc.date.available2024-04-10T09:22:11Z
dc.date.issued2024-04-09
dc.description.abstractThis study examines the impact of childhood obesity on the academic performance and human capital accumulation of high school students using data from Spain. To address potential endogeneity issues, we exploit the exogenous variation in obesity within peer groups. Specifically, we use the prevalence of obesity by gender in students' classes as an instrumentalvariable for individual obesity. The results indicate that obesity has a negative impact on academic achievement, particularly on general scores for girls, cognitive abilities as measured by CRT scores, financial abilities, and English grades for both boys and girls. In addition, we found a negative impact of obesity on girls' mathematics scores, while boys experienced a positive impact. We identify several key drivers of these effects, including teacher bias, psychological well-being, time preferences, and expectations related to labor market discrimination. Our analysis sheds light on the multiple influences of childhood obesity on academic outcomes and highlights the need for targeted interventions.en
dc.description.sponsorshipWe thank Pablo Brañas, Jesús Carro, and seminar participants at Universidad Loyola for their comments. Financial support from MINECO/FEDER, grants PID2022-138960OB-I00, MDM2014-0431, and Comunidad de Madrid, Grants EPUC3M11 (V PRICIT) and H2019/HUM-5891, is gratefully acknowledged. This research was also supported by the European Unions Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Programme under Grant Agreement number 101095175. The usual disclaimer applies.en
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dc.identifier.issn2340-5031
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10016/43822
dc.identifier.uxxiDT/0000002116
dc.language.isoengen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesUC3M Working papers. Economicsen
dc.relation.ispartofseries24-04
dc.relation.projectIDGobierno de España. PID2022-138960OB-I00es
dc.relation.projectIDGobierno de España. MDM2014-0431es
dc.relation.projectIDComunidad de Madrid. EPUC3M11es
dc.relation.projectIDComunidad de Madrid. H2019/HUM-5891es
dc.relation.projectIDinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/101095175es
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.accessRightsopen accessen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subject.ecienciaEconomíaes
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dc.subject.jelI12
dc.subject.jelI15
dc.subject.jelI18
dc.subject.jelI21
dc.subject.otherChildhood obesityen
dc.subject.otherAcademic performanceen
dc.subject.otherHuman capital accumulationen
dc.subject.otherCognitive abilitiesen
dc.subject.otherPeer effectsen
dc.titleThe impact of obesity on human capital accumulation: exploring the driving factorsen
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