Is body weight better distributed among men than among women? A robust normative analysis for France, the UK and the US
Nicolas Gravel
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Brice Magdalou
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Résumé
We compare distributions of Body Mass Index (BMI) categories among genders in France, the US and the UK on the basis of effciency and inequality considerations. The new normative criteria that we propose are well-suited to the ordinal nature of this variable. Our empirical results, which are supported by robust statistical inference, are twofolds. First, BMI categories are better distributed in France than in the UK, and in the UK than in the US for the two genders. Second, BMI categories happen to be more equally distributed among men than among women in all three countries.
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Is body weight better distributed among men than among women? A robust normative analysis for France, the UK and the US
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Résumé |
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We compare distributions of Body Mass Index (BMI) categories among genders in France, the US and the UK on the basis of effciency and inequality considerations. The new normative criteria that we propose are well-suited to the ordinal nature of this variable. Our empirical results, which are supported by robust statistical inference, are twofolds. First, BMI categories are better distributed in France than in the UK, and in the UK than in the US for the two genders. Second, BMI categories happen to be more equally distributed among men than among women in all three countries.
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Auteur(s) |
Fatiha Bennia
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, Nicolas Gravel
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, Brice Magdalou
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, Patrick Moyes
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CEReSS -
Centre d'études et de recherche sur les services de santé et la qualité de vie
( 527022 )
- Faculté de Médecine - Timone
27, boulevard Jean Moulin
13385 Marseille cedex 5
- France
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CSH -
Centre de sciences humaines de New Delhi
( 162392 )
- "2, Aurangzeb Road New Delhi 110011 India"
- France
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AMSE -
Aix-Marseille Sciences Economiques
( 526949 )
- 5-9 Boulevard Bourdet
CS 50498
13205 Marseille Cedex 1
- France
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CEE-M -
Centre d'Economie de l'Environnement - Montpellier
( 1100828 )
- 2 Place Viala
INRAE - MSA
34060 Montpellier Cedex 2
- France
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BSE -
Bordeaux Sciences Economiques
( 1084540 )
- Maison de l’Economie, Avenue Léon Duguit 33608 Pessac Cedex
- France
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Date de publication électronique |
2021-05-17
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URL éditeur |
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/sjoe.12443
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Date de publication |
2022-01
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Volume |
124
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Numéro |
1
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Page/Identifiant |
69-103
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Version du document |
postprint
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Langue du document |
Anglais
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Vulgarisation |
Non
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Comité de lecture |
Oui
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Audience |
Internationale
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Public visé |
Scientifique
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Sous-type de document pour les Articles |
Research article
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Mots-clés |
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body mass index, equality, effciency, gender, ordinal
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DOI | 10.1111/sjoe.12443 |
UT key WOS | 000741351300001 |
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