EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES, GENDER AND BODY WEIGHT: EVIDENCE FROM ITALY

Adriana Barone and Annamaria Nese ()
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Annamaria Nese: Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Statistiche and CELPE (Centro di Ricerca Interdipartimentale di Economia del Lavoro e di Politica Economica), Universita` degli Studi di Salerno.

Rivista Internazionale di Scienze Sociali, 2016, vol. 124, issue 3-4, 257-282

Abstract: This study examines the relationship between body weight and academic performance, focusing on gender differences and using survey data from students at the University of Salerno in Italy. Our findings indicate a significant negative relationship between body weight and academic performance, particularly for female students. Moreover, examining the relationship between BMI and field of study (i.e., science vs. the humanities), our results indicate that overweight/obese females are less likely than those of average weight to choose scientific studies, and hence, more remunerative careers. The asymmetry of the findings between males and females suggests that during late adolescence physicality plays different roles according to gender.

Keywords: Human capital; Body weight; Educational economics; Microeconometrics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C25 D01 I12 I21 J24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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