of Income Dynamics, and compare food expenditure by family type, holding constant household size, age composition and … food. We cannot reject the hypothesis that the effect of replacing a biological child with a non- biological child is the … disaggregate food consumption more finely, we find that when a child's biological mother is the head or spouse of the head of …

scalable intervention in India, that affected developmental outcomes in the short-term, including cognition (0.36 SD p=0 …

Despite significant economic growth, child development outcomes in India remain poor. Using a large-scale experiment in … explanatory factor for the poor translation of increases in income into child growth in India …

This study examines the relationship between child weight and fast food and fruit and vegetable prices and the … availability of fast food restaurants, full-service restaurants, supermarkets, grocery stores and convenience stores. We estimate …. Data are drawn from the Child Development Supplement of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics combined with external food …

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly food stamps) is one of the most important elements of the … challenges for quasi-experimental evaluation. Notably, SNAP benefits are fixed across 48 states; but local food prices vary …. We link panel data on regional food prices to National Health Interview Survey data and use a fixed effects framework to …

one aspect of childhood obesity: food choice and consumption. Using a field experiment where we include more than 1 … (loss versus gain) matters. While incentives work, we find that educational messaging alone has little influence on food … important influence on food choice. For policymakers, our findings show the power of using incentives to combat childhood …

There is insufficient research on the direct effects of food advertising on children's diet and diet-related health … Survey-Kindergarten Cohort (ECLS-K) and the Nielsen Company data on spot television advertising of cereals, fast food … food advertising on television and children's food consumption and body weight. Our results suggest that soft drink and …