Autor segons l'article: Diaz-Serrano, L; Stoyanova, A P
Departament: Economia
Autor/s de la URV: Díaz Serrano, Luis
Paraules clau: Weight Test-scores School choices Iv models Iv model Health knowledge Gende Educational aspirations/expectations Childhood obesity Bmi (overweight/obesity) Adolescence
Resum: Objectives: This paper examines the selection mechanism underlying the association between overweight/obesity and educational aspirations of adolescents. Study design: This is a cross-sectional study based on a survey conducted in secondary schools in Spain in 2016. Methods: We estimate linear probability models to determine the association between adolescents' body mass index (BMI) and their expectations to obtain a university degree, as well as their school choices representing the most usual path towards higher studies. To address the potential endogeneity of BMI, we use the instrumental variables (IV) method. Additionally, we account for potential unobserved heterogeneity by including school fixed-effects and a wide set of individual and family characteristics in our analysis. Results: Our results indicate that adolescents with a higher BMI have lower expectations to obtain a university degree and are less likely to enrol in high school with the intention to pursue higher education in the future. The estimated effect is quite sizable and statistically significant only for girls. We estimate that a five-unit increase in BMI (e.g., the change between healthy weight and overweight) reduces girls' expectations to complete higher education by 19 percentage points and odds of enrolling in high school (vs. vocational training) by 21 percentage points. Conclusions: We provide empirical evidence supporting the selection hypothesis behind the relationship between BMI and adolescents' educational aspirations. That is, unhealthy weight in adolescence is associated with poorer aspirations for further education. Lower educational aspirations during adolescence can lead to lower academic achievement, which in turn, may result in poorer health, labour market outcomes, and well-being during adulthood. (c) 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of The Royal Society for Public Health. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
Àrees temàtiques: Sociologia i política Saúde coletiva Public, environmental & occupational health Public health, environmental and occupational health Psicología Odontología Nutrição Medicine (miscellaneous) Medicina veterinaria Medicina ii Medicina i Interdisciplinar General medicine Engenharias iv Enfermagem Educação física Economia Ciencias sociales Ciência da computação
Accès a la llicència d'ús: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Adreça de correu electrònic de l'autor: luis.diaz@urv.cat luis.diaz@urv.cat
Identificador de l'autor: 0000-0001-9479-5091 0000-0001-9479-5091
Data d'alta del registre: 2025-02-18
Versió de l'article dipositat: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
URL Document de llicència: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Referència a l'article segons font original: Public Health. 225 237-243
Referència de l'ítem segons les normes APA: Diaz-Serrano, L; Stoyanova, A P (2023). The relationship between overweight and education revisited: a test of the selection hypothesis based on adolescents' educational aspirations. Public Health, 225(), 237-243. DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2023.09.013
Entitat: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Any de publicació de la revista: 2023
Tipus de publicació: Journal Publications
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