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The Effect of Non-Cognitive Traits on Health Behaviours in Adolescence
Mendolia, Silvia; Walker, Ian - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
This paper investigates the relationship between personality traits in adolescence and health behaviours using a large and recent cohort study. In particular, we investigate the impact of locus of control, self-esteem and conscientiousness at age 15-16, on the incidence of health behaviours such...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959822
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Federal Nutrition Programs and Childhood Obesity: Inside the Black Box
Roy, Manan; Millimet, Daniel L.; Tchernis, Rusty - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
that participate in the Supplemental Nutriation Assistance Program (SNAP), the School Breakfast Program (SBP), and the … National School Lunch Program (NSLP) to better understand behavioral differences across participants and non …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008727776
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School Nutrition Programs and the Incidence of Childhood Obesity
Millimet, Daniel L.; Tchernis, Rusty; Husain, Muna - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
In light of the recent rise in childhood obesity, the School Breakfast Program (SBP) and National School Lunch Program … (NSLP) have received renewed attention. Using panel data on over 13,500 primary school students, we assess the relationship …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703486
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Delaying the Bell: The Effects of Longer School Days on Adolescent Motherhood in Chile
Kruger, Diana; Berthelon, Matias - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
We analyze the effect of a Chilean school reform that lengthened the school day from half to full-day shifts on the … likelihood that adolescent girls become mothers. By increasing the number of hours spent in school, the reform curtails …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008574585
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Should We Increase Instruction Time in Low Achieving Schools? Evidence from Southern Italy
Battistin, Erich; Meroni, Elena Claudia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
group across grades and the composition of teachers in the school assigned to each group is substantially stable over time …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884137
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Natural Disaster, Policy Action, and Mental Well-Being: The Case of Fukushima
Goebel, Jan; Krekel, Christian; Tiefenbach, Tim; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
We study the impact of the Fukushima disaster on people's mental well‐being in another industrialized country, more than 5000 miles distant. The meltdown significantly increased environmental concerns by 20% among the German population. Subsequent drastic policy action permanently shut down...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011266181
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The Long-Term Effects of the Chernobyl Catastrophe on Subjective Well-Being and Mental Health
Danzer, Alexander M.; Danzer (née Weisshaar), Natalia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
This paper assesses the long-term subjective well-being and mental health toll of the Chernobyl disaster of 1986 in the general Ukrainian population and estimates the monetary differential necessary to compensate victims of the catastrophe. The analysis is based on two nationally representative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009246699
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The Impact of Physical Education on Obesity among Elementary School Children
Cawley, John; Frisvold, David E.; Meyerhoefer, Chad D. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
have advocated increasing the time that elementary school children spend in physical education (PE) classes. However … particular, boys), while the instrument is insufficiently powerful to reliably estimate effects for younger children. This …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959837
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Religion and Child Health
Chiswick, Barry R.; Mirtcheva, Donka M. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
This paper examines the determinants of the health of children ages 6 to 19, as reported in the Child Development … health and the three measures of religion/religiosity. Those children (self-report or primary caregiver report) who have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008678682
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The Drivers of Happiness Inequality: Suggestions for Promoting Social Cohesion
Becchetti, Leonardo; Massari, Riccardo; Naticchioni, Paolo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
This paper identifies and quantifies the contribution of a set of covariates in affecting levels and over time changes of happiness inequality. Using a decomposition methodology based on RIF regression, we analyse the increase in happiness inequality observed in Germany between 1992 and 2007,...
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