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Title: On the Relationship between Body Mass Index and Marital Dissolution
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Bellido, Hector Marcen, Miriam |
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On the Relationship between Body Mass Index and Marital Dissolution Economic Modelling 91 (September 2020): 326-340. Also: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264999319316621 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Elsevier Keyword(s): Body Mass Index (BMI); Marital Dissolution; Marital Stability The economic literature on body mass index (BMI) and marital dissolution uses simple correlations to suggest that it is the latter than alters the former. We argue here that the opposite is also potential because the higher the BMI, the lower the remarriage potential and the greater the demand for health care, which should decrease the probability of marital dissolution. We empirically explore the role of BMI on marital dissolution showing that those who are overweight are more likely to stay married. This is maintained when we examine causality by exploiting the exogeneity of the dates in which data are collected combined with BMI's seasonality. Although BMI appears to stabilize marriage, this implies a reduction in the bargaining power of individuals with a high BMI in marriage, which, according to our findings, has a greater impact on White women. |
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Bellido, Hector and Miriam Marcen. "On the Relationship between Body Mass Index and Marital Dissolution." Economic Modelling 91 (September 2020): 326-340.
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