The declining labour force participation among men between the ages 25 and 54 in the United State has attracted the attention of policymakers and the public. I document this trend by obesity status during the period 1990–2016 using the Behavioural Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey. I find that the likelihood of being out of the labour force has been increasing by approximately 0.22 percentage points every year on average for non-obese men, while that of obese men has been increasing by approximately 0.28 percentage points. This indicates that the difference in the propensity to be out of the labour force has widened by 1.6 percentage points between the obese and the non-obese during 1990–2016. It seems that the labour force participation gap between obese men and non-obese men started to increase during the housing bubble period, 2001–2007. The difference in the trends seems to be driven by non-Hispanic whites, men without a college degree, and men aged 25–44.

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失踪的肥胖男人？美国成年男性中的劳动力参与和肥胖

在美国，年龄在25至54岁之间的男性劳动力参与率下降，吸引了决策者和公众的注意。我使用行为危险因素监测系统调查，在1990-2016年期间通过肥胖状况记录了这种趋势。我发现，非肥胖男性平均每年离开劳动力的可能性增加了约0.22个百分点，而肥胖男性则增加了约0.28个百分点。这表明，在1990年至2016年期间，肥胖与非肥胖人群之间的劳动力外出动向​​差异扩大了1.6个百分点。肥胖男性和非肥胖男性之间的劳动力参与差距似乎在2001-2007年房地产泡沫时期开始扩大。