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dc.contributor.authorLehmann, Judithde
dc.date.accessioned2024-02-22T14:29:32Z
dc.date.available2024-02-22T14:29:32Z
dc.date.issued2024de
dc.identifier.issn2190-4936de
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/92386
dc.description.abstractRecent studies use Fixed Effects (FE) models to estimate the causal effect of obesity on socioeconomic status, the so-called obesity penalty. In this paper, I will illustrate the ad­vantages of using a Difference in Differences (DID) approach as an alternative method of causal analysis. Combining the German National Health Interview and Examination Survey 1998 (GNHIES98) and the German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Adults 2008 (DEGS1) allowed for a panel analysis of 3934 respondents. The dependent variable is a socioeconomic status score that integrates level of education, occupation and household income. The binary treatment variable is abdominal obesity. To estimate the causal effect of the treatment, FE and DID approaches were used. Both the FE model and the DID estimate show no statistically significant causal ef­fect of abdominal obesity on socioeconomic status for adults in Germany. However, both the respondents who became obese and those who stayed non-obese experience a rise in socioeconomic status over time. Nonetheless, the non-obese group had a more substantial increase in socioeconomic status than the obese group. Therefore, the obesity penalty does not necessarily have to be a decrease in socioeconomic status but could instead be a slowed growth or stagnation in status. The advantage of the DID approach is that the development in the control group is explicit. If obese individuals are more likely to have less favorable positive trends in socioeconomic status over time than other individuals, using DID esti­mates demonstrates the obesity penalty more effectively than using only FE models.de
dc.languageende
dc.subject.ddcSozialwissenschaften, Soziologiede
dc.subject.ddcSocial sciences, sociology, anthropologyen
dc.subject.otherDifference-in-Differences; Propensity Score Matching; Fixed-Effects; Obesity penalty; Germany; German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Adults 2008 (DEGS1); German National Health Interview and Examination Survey 1998 (GNHIES98)de
dc.titleAnalyzing the Causal Effect of Obesity on Socioeconomic Status - the Case for Using Difference-in-Differences Estimates in Addition to Fixed Effects Modelsde
dc.description.reviewbegutachtet (peer reviewed)de
dc.description.reviewpeer revieweden
dc.source.journalMethods, data, analyses : a journal for quantitative methods and survey methodology (mda)
dc.source.volume18de
dc.publisher.countryDEUde
dc.source.issue1de
dc.subject.classozErhebungstechniken und Analysetechniken der Sozialwissenschaftende
dc.subject.classozMethods and Techniques of Data Collection and Data Analysis, Statistical Methods, Computer Methodsen
dc.subject.thesozÜbergewichtde
dc.subject.thesozoverweighten
dc.subject.thesozFettsuchtde
dc.subject.thesozadipositasen
dc.subject.thesozsozioökonomische Folgende
dc.subject.thesozsocioeconomic effectsen
dc.subject.thesozSchätzungde
dc.subject.thesozestimationen
dc.subject.thesozKausalanalysede
dc.subject.thesozcausal analysisen
dc.subject.thesozLängsschnittuntersuchungde
dc.subject.thesozlongitudinal studyen
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dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.12758/mda.2022.14de
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