Episode 17: Obesity and Wealth -- with Elisa Macchi

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InequaliTalks

Clémentine Van Effenterre

37 episodes

11 months ago

What is the most unequal region of the world? How deep does gender discrimination run in our societies? What happens to poor households during a housing boom? How is land distributed today? How can minimum wage reduce racial inequality? Can we really expect politicians to fix inequality? InequaliTalks presents accessible research done by young economists on one of the most pressing issues in the public conversation: inequality. InequaliTalks is supported by School of Cities at the University of Toronto.

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Episode 17: Obesity and Wealth -- with Elisa Macchi

InequaliTalks

14 minutes 32 seconds

4 years ago

Episode 17: Obesity and Wealth -- with Elisa Macchi

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