A new working paper from Harvard economist Rebecca Diamond links GLP-1 marriage rates and employment outcomes to the use of weight-loss medications among previously single and unemployed women, finding effects that persist well beyond the first year of treatment. The paper, NBER Working Paper No. 35387, is titled ‘GLP-1–Induced Weight Loss and the Female Obesity Penalty’ and was issued in June 2026. Diamond, a Harvard undergraduate alumna and Ph…
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