Income windfalls and overweight
Evidence from lottery wins
Dados Bibliográficos
| ID | 21542310 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Joan Costa-Font (0000-0001-7174-7919, London School of Economics and Political Science, autor correspondente), Mario Györi (0000-0002-3184-0622, London School of Economics and Political Science) |
| Ano | 2023 |
| Volume | 64 |
| Fascículo | 5 |
| Páginas | 2005-2026 |
| Data de publicação | 2023-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sim |
| Open Access | Sim |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | Empirical Economics (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 0377-7332 • E-ISSN: 1435-8921 |
| Editora | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s00181-022-02312-7 |
| OpenAlex | W4311179118 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Referências citadas | 28 |
We examine the impact of an income windfall (from a lottery win) on an individual's overweight and Body Mass Index (BMI). We use longitudinal data from the United Kingdom, where a large proportion of the population plays the lottery, and retrieve income effect estimates using time and individual specific fixed effects alongside a set of relevant controls. Although our findings suggest any income windfall may lead to a contemporaneous increase in overweight, we document evidence that a £1,000 win reduces the probability of overweight in the range by up to 3 percentual points 12 months after the lottery win. Estimates are heterogeneous across working hours and educational attainment. A £1000 lottery win reduces the risk of overweight among low educated individuals by 4.5–5 percentual points (pp)12 months after the lottery win
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| Altamente citado | Não |