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Xi Chen acknowledges generous Doctoral Research Grant from the Institute for the Social Sciences at Cornell University and precious data set provided by the Development Strategy and Governance Division at IFPRI. Conference Travel Grant provided by the Department of Applied Economics and...
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This paper investigates the relation between household income level and individual alcohol consumption behavior, and … the relation between household income level and individual physical activity participation choice. Previous research is … preference. Our model considers income as a budget constraint of today as well as a component of future utility, and those with …
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health status on income in China and examine whether their conclusions still hold under new specifications and in a broader … time horizon. Our results show a larger impact of health status on income after replacing household income with individual … income. We find this effect becomes even more pronounced in the 2000s. Moreover, our results show an inverted-U relationship …
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fats] to changes in income (i.e. nutrient-income elasticities) in the region. Annual time series data for 43 countries … examined using the neo-classical growth model, whilst nutrient-income elasticities are estimated based on the aggregate Engel … indicates tendency towards equalization of per capital nutrient intake in SSA countries. Also, the estimated nutrient-income …
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Obesity is still on the rise, leading to high costs for the obese individual itself but also for society. We analyze the influence of peer effects on food choices in lunchrooms with posted nutrition facts. Data were collected in a lunchroom at a large U.S. university. Groups of four patrons each...
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