Episode 17: Obesity and Wealth -- with Elisa Macchi
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English - August 04, 2021 19:00 - 14 minutes - 16.6 MBSocial Sciences Science Education Courses economics inequality research Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Can obesity signal wealth? In this episode, Elisa talks about the experiment she conducted in Uganda, in which she demonstrates that obese people are perceived as rich and that being obese facilitates access to credit.
Paper:
"Worth your weight? Experimental evidence on the benefits of obesity in low-income countries" by Elisa Macchi
https://elisamacchi.github.io/publication/job-market-paper/
Recommendation:
"The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone" by Olivia Laing
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25667449-the-lonely-city
Can obesity signal wealth? In this episode, Elisa talks about the experiment she conducted in Uganda, in which she demonstrates that obese people are perceived as rich and that being obese facilitates access to credit.
Paper:
"Worth your weight? Experimental evidence on the benefits of obesity in low-income countries" by Elisa Macchi
https://elisamacchi.github.io/publication/job-market-paper/
Recommendation:
"The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone" by Olivia Laing
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25667449-the-lonely-city