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dc.contributor.authorBlanchflower, Daviden_UK
dc.contributor.authorVan Landeghem, Berten_UK
dc.contributor.authorOswald, Andrew Jen_UK
dc.date.accessioned2012-12-18T12:13:05Z-
dc.date.available2012-12-18T12:13:05Zen_UK
dc.date.issued2009-04en_UK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1893/10181-
dc.description.abstractIf human beings care about their relative weight, a form of imitative obesity can emerge (in which people subconsciously keep up with the weight of the Joneses). Using Eurobarometer data on 29 countries, this paper provides cross-sectional evidence that overweight perceptions and dieting are influenced by a person's relative BMI, and longitudinal evidence from the German Socioeconomic Panel that well-being is influenced by relative BMI. Highly educated people see themselves as fatter -- at any given actual weight -- than those with low education. These results should be treated cautiously, and fixed-effects estimates are not always well determined, but there are grounds to take seriously the possibility of socially contagious obesity.en_UK
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherWiley-Blackwell for the European Economic Association (EEA)en_UK
dc.relationBlanchflower D, Van Landeghem B & Oswald AJ (2009) Imitative Obesity and Relative Utility. Journal of the European Economic Association, 7 (2/3), pp. 528-538. https://doi.org/10.1162/JEEA.2009.7.2-3.528en_UK
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dc.titleImitative Obesity and Relative Utilityen_UK
dc.typeJournal Articleen_UK
dc.rights.embargodate2999-12-31en_UK
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dc.identifier.doi10.1162/JEEA.2009.7.2-3.528en_UK
dc.citation.jtitleJournal of European Economic Associationen_UK
dc.citation.issn1542-4774en_UK
dc.citation.issn1542-4766en_UK
dc.citation.volume7en_UK
dc.citation.issue2/3en_UK
dc.citation.spage528en_UK
dc.citation.epage538en_UK
dc.citation.publicationstatusPublisheden_UK
dc.citation.peerreviewedRefereeden_UK
dc.type.statusVoR - Version of Recorden_UK
dc.author.emaildavid.blanchflower@stir.ac.uken_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationEconomicsen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationKU Leuvenen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Warwicken_UK
dc.identifier.wtid743975en_UK
dcterms.dateAccepted2009-04-30en_UK
dc.date.filedepositdate2012-11-21en_UK
rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Reviewen_UK
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local.rioxx.authorBlanchflower, David|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorVan Landeghem, Bert|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorOswald, Andrew J|en_UK
local.rioxx.projectInternal Project|University of Stirling|https://isni.org/isni/0000000122484331en_UK
local.rioxx.freetoreaddate2999-12-31en_UK
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