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The Rise in Obesity across the Atlantic: An Economic Perspective
Brunello, Giorgio; Michaud, Pierre-Carl; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
economic rationales for public intervention to control obesity. We take into account equity issues as well as efficiency … Europe and the US. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822862
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Health Risk Factors among the Older European Populations: Personal and Country Effects
García-Muñoz, Teresa; Neuman, Shoshana; Neuman, Tzahi - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
2011 wave of the rich Survey of Health Aging and Retirement Europe (SHARE) is used for the exploration of the full spectrum …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959568
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Years of Schooling, Human Capital and the Body Mass Index of European Females
Brunello, Giorgio; Fabbri, Daniele; Fort, Margherita - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
We use the compulsory school reforms implemented in European countries after the II World War to investigate the causal effect of education on the Body Mass Index (BMI) and the incidence of overweight and obesity among European females. Our IV estimates suggest that years of schooling have a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008496997
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Maternal Employment and Childhood Obesity: A European Perspective
Gwozdz, Wencke; Sousa-Poza, Alfonso; Reisch, Lucia A.; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
The substantial increase in female employment rates in Europe over the past two decades has often been linked in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010704404