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GLP-1's help women find work, and men to leave their partners
- marojejian 4mo agoarchive: https://archive.is/zx8Ba https://archive.is/zx8Ba Here's the full research article, from the researcher's website: https://hu-my.sharepoint.com/personal/rdiamond_fas_harvard_edu/_layouts/15/onedrive.aspx?id=%2Fpersonal%2Frdiamond%5Ffas%5Fharvard%5Fedu%2FDocuments%2FCombined%5FGLP1%5FLabor0624%2Epdf&parent=%2Fpersonal%2Frdiamond%5Ffas%5Fharvard%5Fedu%2FDocuments&ga=1 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.
- toomuchtodo 4mo agoWomen 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-economy 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)
- dlcarrier 4mo agoIt has me wondering if plummeting fertility rates, even in third-world countries, has a causal relationship with everyone eating more.
- toomuchtodo 4mo agoPaper: GLP-1–Induced Weight Loss and the Female Obesity Penalty - https://www.nber.org/papers/w35387 https://www.nber.org/papers/w35387 | https://doi.org/10.3386/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 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48688670 - June 2026 (6 comments)