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Effects of Psychiatric Disorders on Labor Market Outcomes: A Latent Variable Approach Using Multiple clinical Indicators
Banerjee, Souvik; Chatterji, Pinka; Lahiri, Kajal - CESifo - 2013
In this paper, we estimate the effect of psychiatric disorders on labor market outcomes using a structural equation model with a latent index for mental illness, an approach that acknowledges the continuous nature of psychiatric disability. We also address the potential endogeneity of mental...
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Do they Know what's at Risk? Health Risk Perception among the Obese
Winter, Joachim; Wuppermann, Amelie C. - CESifo - 2012
overestimate their 5-year risks of a heart attack and a stroke. Obese individuals are thus aware of some but not all obesity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877831
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The Trend of BMI Values by Centiles of US Adults, Birth Cohorts 1882-1986
Komlos, John; Brabec, Marek - CESifo - 2010
around the 1970s. In sum, the creeping nature of the obesity epidemic is evident, as the technological and lifestyle changes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008511601
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The Trend of BMI Values among US Adults
Komlos, John; Brabec, Marek - CESifo - 2010
Background: The trend in the BMI values of the US population has not been estimated accurately because time series data are unavailable and because the focus has been on calculating period effects.Object: To estimate the trend and rate of change of BMI values by birth cohorts stratified by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008572522
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Statures, BMIs, and Weight: A Reassessment
Carson, Scott A. - CESifo - 2013
Much has been written about the modern obesity epidemic, and historical BMIs are low compared to their modern …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010723525
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Nineteenth Century Black and White US Statures: The Primary Sources of Vitamin D and their Relationship with Height
Carson, Scott A. - CESifo - 2008
Vitamin D is vital in all vertebrates because it allows them to absorb more calcium from their diets, contributing to stronger skeletal systems and stature growth. Using a new source of 19th century US state prison records, this study contrasts the statures of comparable African-Americans and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005766094
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US Male Obesity from 1800-2000: A Long Term Perspective
Carson, Scott A. - CESifo - 2013
and white male obesity rates varied between 1800 and 2000. The proportion of individuals who were obese rather than … overweight is responsible much of the increase in obesity. Because of their physical activity and close proximity to nutritious … active white-collar and skilled workers have become more obese. Northeastern obesity rates are lower than from elsewhere …
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Birthweight and Academic Achievement in Childhood
Chatterji, Pinka; Kim, Dohyung; Lahiri, Kajal - CESifo - 2014
Research has shown that birthweight has a lasting impact on later-life outcomes such as educational attainment and earnings. This paper examines the role of health at birth in determining academic achievement in childhood, which may provide the link between birthweight and adult outcomes. Using...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010765494
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Racial Differences in Body-Mass Indices for Men Imprisoned in 19th Century US Prisons: A Multinomial Approach
Carson, Scott A. - CESifo - 2010
Little research has been done on the body mass index values of 19th century US African-Americans and whites. This paper uses 19th century US prison records to demonstrate that although modern BMIs have increased in the 20th century, 19th century black and white BMIs were distributed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008583681
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Nineteenth Century US African-American and White Female Statures: Insight from US Prison Records
Carson, Scott A. - CESifo - 2010
Using a new source of 19th century state prison records, this study contrasts the biological living conditions of comparable US African-American and white female statures during economic development. Black and white female statures varied regionally, and white Southeastern and black Southwestern...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008671719