Worth your weight: Experimental evidence on the benefits of obesity in low-income countries (Record no. 525271)
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| Personal name | Macchi, Elisa |
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| Title | Worth your weight: Experimental evidence on the benefits of obesity in low-income countries |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc | The American Economic Review |
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| Extent | 113(9), Sep, 2023: p.2287-2322 |
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| Summary, etc | Author study the economic value of obesity—a status symbol in poor countries associated with raised health risks. Randomizing decision-makers in Kampala, Uganda to view weight-manipulated portraits, I find that obesity is perceived as a reliable signal of wealth but not of beauty or health. Thus, leveraging a real-stakes experiment involving professional loan officers, I show that being obese facilitates access to credit. The large obesity premium, comparable to raising borrower self-reported earnings by over 60 percent, is driven by asymmetric information and drops significantly when providing more financial information. Notably, obesity benefits and wealth-signaling value are commonly overestimated, suggesting market distortions.- Reproduced https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/aer.20211879 |
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| Main entry heading | The American Economic Review |
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| Subject DIP | HEALTH SERVICES |
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| Indian Institute of Public Administration | Indian Institute of Public Administration | 2024-02-20 | 113(9), Sep, 2023: p.2287-2322 | AR131078 | 2024-02-20 | Articles |