THE IMPACT OF MACROECONOMIC CONDITIONS ON OBESITY IN CANADA
利用加拿大纵向数据，研究发现省级失业率显著增加严重肥胖概率和BMI，但对超重或肥胖概率无显著影响。
The paper used longitudinal Canadian data from the National Population Health Survey to estimate the impact of macroeconomic conditions measured by provincial unemployment rate on individual obesity and BMI. To control for individual-specific unobserved heterogeneity, the study utilized the conditional fixed effect logit and fixed effects models. The study found that unemployment rate had a significant positive impact on the probability of being severely obese. The study also found that unemployment rate significantly increased BMI. However, the study did not find any significant impact of unemployment rate on the probability of being overweight or obese.