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Statures, BMIs, and Weight: A Reassessment
Carson, Scott A. - CESifo - 2013
decreases, and the two have different implications for human health. An alternative measure for net current biological …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010723525
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Acess to Treatment and Educational Inequalities in Cancer Survival
Fiva, Jon H.; Haegeland, Torbjørn; Rønning, Marte; … - CESifo - 2013
The public health care systems in the Nordic countries provide high quality care almost free of charge to all citizens …. However, social inequalities in health persist. Previous research has, for example, documented substantial educational …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010627563
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Effects of Prenatal and Early Life Malnutrition: Evidence from the Greek Famine
Neelsen, Sven; Stratmann, Thomas - CESifo - 2010
This paper examines the long run education and labor market effects from early-life exposure to the Greek 1941-42 famine. Given the short duration of the famine, we can separately identify the famine effects for cohorts exposed in utero, during infancy and at one year of age. We find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008583697
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Do Minimum Legal Tobacco Purchase Age Laws Work?
Yörük, Ceren Ertan; Yörük, Baris K. - CESifo - 2014
This paper uses a regression discontinuity design to estimate the impact of the minimum legal tobacco purchase age (MLTPA) laws on smoking behavior among young adults. Using data from the confidential version of National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (1997 Cohort), which contains information on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877666
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Nineteenth Century Black and Mulatto Physical Activity, Calories, and Life Expectancy
Carson, Scott A. - CESifo - 2014
Using data from late 19th and early 20th century US prisons, this study considers how black and mulatto basal metabolic rates and calories varied with economic development. During the 19th century, black physical activity and net nutrition declined during the late 19th and early 20th centuries...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877689
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Nineteenth Century White Physical Activity and Calories: Socioeconomic Status and Diets
Carson, Scott A. - CESifo - 2014
Using data from late 19th and early 20th century US prisons, this study estimates the basal metabolic rates and calories for Americans of European descent. Throughout the 19th century, white basal metabolic rates (BMRs) and calories declined across their respective distributions, and much of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877756
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Can you Leave High School Behind?
Black, Sandra E.; Lincove, Jane Arnold; Cullinane, Jenna; … - CESifo - 2014
In recent years, many states, including California, Texas, and Oregon, have changed admissions policies to increase access to public universities for students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds. A key concern, however, is how these students will perform. This paper examines the relationship...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877781
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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
Affordable Care Act, relating to expansion of benefits for mental health and substance use disorder benefits. We find potential … improved mental health of individuals who are in most need of treatment. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877812
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Do they Know what's at Risk? Health Risk Perception among the Obese
Winter, Joachim; Wuppermann, Amelie C. - CESifo - 2012
The perception of disease risks and risky health behaviors are closely associated. In this paper, we investigate the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877831
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Recession Depression: Mental Health Effects of the 2008 Stock Market Crash
McInerney, Melissa; Mellor, Jennifer M.; Nicholas, … - CESifo - 2013
How do sudden, large wealth losses affect mental health? Most prior studies of the causal effects of material well …-being on health use identification strategies involving income increases; these studies as well as prior research on stock … market accumulations may not inform this question if the effect of wealth on health is asymmetric. We use exogenous variation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877960