Showing 1 - 3 of 3
This paper is the first to estimate the causal effect of local human capital stock on individual adiposity and adds to the existing literature on estimating human capital externalities at the neighborhood level. We explore the possible causal pathways that college-educated neighbors exert on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011397080
In this paper, we decompose body mass index (BMI) differences between Turkish immigrants and Germans in West Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011376884
In this article, we investigate the differences in smoking behavior between male Turkish immigrants and male Germans, using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP). More specifically, we use a Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition method for count data models, and isolate differences in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011450962