Do political factors matter in explaining under- and overweight outcomes in developing countries?

Fumagalli, Elena, Mentzakis, Emmanouil and Suhrcke, Marc (2013) Do political factors matter in explaining under- and overweight outcomes in developing countries? Journal of Socio-Economics, 46. pp. 48-56. ISSN 1053-5357

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Abstract

We construct a rich dataset covering 47 developing countries over the years 1990–2007, combining several micro and macro level data sources to explore the link between political factors and body mass index (BMI). We implement a heteroskedastic generalized ordered logit model allowing for different covariate effects across the BMI distribution and accounting for the unequal BMI dispersion by geographical area. We find that systems with democratic qualities are more likely to reduce under-weight, but increase overweight/obesity, whereas effective political competition does entail double-benefits in the form of reducing both under-weight and obesity. Our results are robust to the introduction of country fixed effects.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	bmi,obesity,developing countries,generalized ordered response models,sdg 3 - good health and well-being ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/good_health_and_well_being
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Health Economics Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Public Health and Health Services Research (former - to 2023)
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	21 Oct 2013 15:24
Last Modified:	24 Oct 2022 04:50
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/43781
DOI:	10.1016/j.socec.2013.06.002

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