Curse or Blessing? Obesity and Income-Related Inequality in the Chinese Labor Force

Curse or Blessing? Obesity and Income-Related Inequality in the Chinese Labor Force

China owns a huge labor force of around half billion workers in 2018. However, little is known about the prevalence of obesity and the association between obesity and economic status in this special population. By employing the concentration index (CI) and decomposition analysis, this paper addresse...

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Main Authors: Chengxiang Tang, Xiaocong Yang, Fei Peng, Xianglian Hu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Public Health
Subjects:
obesity
income-related
inequality
Chinese
labor force
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2021.606634/full

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