>Single women’s marriage/cohabitation rates rise by 29 percentage points and employment among baseline nonemployed women rises 27 percentage points after six or more quarters.
These effect sizes are huge. That and the drama of the findings provokes general skepticism. So I welcome some experienced folks picking this apart.
Women with lower body mass have more partner options and have access to more employment opportunities and compensation potential due to human factors. This gives them more agency, autonomy, and freedom.
archive: https://archive.is/zx8Ba
Here's the full research article, from the researcher's website: https://hu-my.sharepoint.com/personal/rdiamond_fas_harvard_e...
>Single women’s marriage/cohabitation rates rise by 29 percentage points and employment among baseline nonemployed women rises 27 percentage points after six or more quarters.
These effect sizes are huge. That and the drama of the findings provokes general skepticism. So I welcome some experienced folks picking this apart.
It has me wondering if plummeting fertility rates, even in third-world countries, has a causal relationship with everyone eating more.
Women with lower body mass have more partner options and have access to more employment opportunities and compensation potential due to human factors. This gives them more agency, autonomy, and freedom.
Related:
https://www.morganstanley.com/ideas/womens-impact-on-the-eco...
(~45-50% of women 25-44 are projected to be single and childfree by 2035)
Paper:
GLP-1–Induced Weight Loss and the Female Obesity Penalty - https://www.nber.org/papers/w35387 | https://doi.org/10.3386/w35387
Related:
GLP-1 drugs increase women's marriage and employment rates - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48688670 - June 2026 (6 comments)