(precisely, obesity and alcohol consumption) and the utilisation of health care services, in a number of OECD countries. This …This thesis deals with social inequalities in health-Related behaviours such as lifestyle risk factors for health … work relies on an applied micro-Economics approach, using several national health survey data. This thesis aims to (a …

Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE), our identification strategy exploits the European variation in … risk of obesity. No effects are found among women. …

This study investigates the relation between early life conditions and adult obesity in France, using a rich data set …, after controlling for current socio-demographic characteristics, a relation was found between obesity and the following … highlight a definite gender pattern, with a strong association between early disadvantage and obesity in women, but not in men …

This case explores the aggregate influence of corporate marketing practices on public health and examines the … increasingly important issue of the role of targeted marketing strategies by the food and beverage industries in the obesity … minority children. Although US government reports clearly cite the disproportionate rates of obesity among ethnic minority …

and obesity. However, there may be important international differences in the strength and direction of this relationship … overweight and obesity across Europe, and to explore the contribution of level of socio-economic development to cross …-reports, were derived from national health interview surveys from 19 European countries (N = 127 018; age range = 25–44 years …

Index (BMI) and related weight measures. Based on the 2004 and 2006 waves of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in …

master students in France, Germany, and Sweden (four in each country). We applied an abductive method with qualitative …

This paper estimates the causal effect of perceived job insecurity – i.e. the fear of involuntary job loss – on health … potential endogeneity of job insecurity is not accounted for, the latter appears to deteriorate almost all health outcomes. When … tackling the endogeneity issue by estimating an IV model and dealing with potential weak-instrument issues, the health …

This paper aims to quantify and compare inequalities of opportunity in health across European countries considering two … stand for almost 50% of the health inequality due to circumstances and efforts in Barry scenario and 57.5% in Roemer … scenario. The comparison of the magnitude of inequalities of opportunity in health across European countries shows considerable …