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Peer Effects on Childhood and Adolescent Obesity in China
Nie, Peng; Sousa-Poza, Alfonso; He, Xiaobo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Using data from the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS), this study analyzes peer effects on obesity in a sample … of 3- to 18-year-old children and adolescents in China. Even after a rich set of covariates and unobserved individual …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959602
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Long Work Hours and Health in China
Nie, Peng; Otterbach, Steffen; Sousa-Poza, Alfonso - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
Using several waves of the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS), this study analyzes the effect of long work hours …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011210814
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Maternal Employment and Childhood Obesity in China: Evidence from the China Health and Nutrition Survey
Nie, Peng; Sousa-Poza, Alfonso - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Using five waves from the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS), we investigate the association between maternal … employment and obesity in children aged 3–17 in both rural and urban China. Using BMI and waist circumference as measures for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011095508