According to a new study, fat people have to be more educated and make more scrilla to be able to compete in the dating game these days:
A Columbia University researcher has created a mathematical formula to calculate the exact trade-off between billfold and belt-size both men and women make in choosing their partner. According to economist Pierre-Andre Chiappori, single people looking to get hitched rate each other’s eligibility by assessing two traits: physical and socioeconomic attractiveness. Other factors, like a sense of humor or a kind soul, play a smaller role in how men and women assess each other on the dating market, according to Chiappori and his co-authors.
Both men and women prefer slim, wealthy spouses to poor, fat mates, according to data collected from 667 white American couples by the Panel Study of Income Dynamics.
But fatter men and women don’t have to settle for less desirable partners. According to Chiappori’s formula, men compensate for flab with cold, hard cash, while women make up for an extra layer of pudge with an extra year of education. For every 10 percent increase in their body mass index, or BMI, single men must increase their annual salary by 2 percent to compete in the same dating pool, according to Chiappori’s working paper, “Fatter Attraction.” BMI is calculated by dividing a person’s weight by his height.
A 6-foot-tall man who weighs 180 pounds — just about the perfect BMI — and earns an annual salary of $100,000, for instance, would have to get a $2,000 raise if he packed on about 20 pounds and didn’t want to downgrade the level of women he could date. “Our findings tell us that physical appearance is not such a big deal, and it’s easy to compensate for,” said Chiappori. The researcher gave this hypothetical: two female college graduates, each 5-foot-5 and weighing 135 pounds, placing them in the exact same dating pool.
“One of these women can marry a man slightly less attractive,” said Chiappori, “but he will be wealthier. People with a larger BMI will have a larger income. It’s in the data in a significant way,” he said. A hefty women can make up for her less-than-perfect body by being more educated. If a single woman who is 5-foot-8 and weighs 140 pounds gains seven pounds, she must have one year more of education to remain at the same level of attractiveness to potential suitors.
For a quick fix, however, researchers said it’s easier to simply drop a few pounds. “It’s easier to change your BMI than it is to change your salary or education level,” Chiappori pointed out.
This sounds like some straight BS. Who is paying for all these random and ridiculous a$ studies???
Both men and women prefer slim, wealthy spouses to poor, fat mates, according to data collected from 667 white American couples by the Panel Study of Income Dynamics.
But fatter men and women don’t have to settle for less desirable partners. According to Chiappori’s formula, men compensate for flab with cold, hard cash, while women make up for an extra layer of pudge with an extra year of education. For every 10 percent increase in their body mass index, or BMI, single men must increase their annual salary by 2 percent to compete in the same dating pool, according to Chiappori’s working paper, “Fatter Attraction.” BMI is calculated by dividing a person’s weight by his height.
A 6-foot-tall man who weighs 180 pounds — just about the perfect BMI — and earns an annual salary of $100,000, for instance, would have to get a $2,000 raise if he packed on about 20 pounds and didn’t want to downgrade the level of women he could date. “Our findings tell us that physical appearance is not such a big deal, and it’s easy to compensate for,” said Chiappori. The researcher gave this hypothetical: two female college graduates, each 5-foot-5 and weighing 135 pounds, placing them in the exact same dating pool.
“One of these women can marry a man slightly less attractive,” said Chiappori, “but he will be wealthier. People with a larger BMI will have a larger income. It’s in the data in a significant way,” he said. A hefty women can make up for her less-than-perfect body by being more educated. If a single woman who is 5-foot-8 and weighs 140 pounds gains seven pounds, she must have one year more of education to remain at the same level of attractiveness to potential suitors.
For a quick fix, however, researchers said it’s easier to simply drop a few pounds. “It’s easier to change your BMI than it is to change your salary or education level,” Chiappori pointed out.
This sounds like some straight BS. Who is paying for all these random and ridiculous a$ studies???
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