Monitoring Survey (RLMS) for 1994-2005. We analyze cross-sectional income and consumption inequality and find that inequality … shocks. The response of consumption to permanent and transitory income shocks becomes weaker later in the sample, consistent … ; income ; consumption ; transition ; Russia …

discrete choice experiment provides a novel investigation of the acceptability of different interventions to reduce alcohol … consumption and the effect of information on expected effectiveness, using a UK general population sample of 1202 adults. Policy … options included high, medium and low intensity versions of: Minimum Unit Pricing (MUP) for alcohol; reducing numbers of …

out of 105 counties in Kansas voted to legalize the sale of alcohol to the general public for on-premises consumption. We … legalizing the sale of alcohol to the general public for on-premises consumption is associated with an 11 percent increase in … the number of establishments licensed to sell alcohol by the drink are related to violent crime. During this period, 86 …

weight and obesity rates. We first introduce the concept of novelty consumption, which refers to an increase in food … availability due to trade or innovation. Then we study how novel food products alter the optimal consumption bundle and welfare … experiment of economic development. Our data elicit detailed information on East Germans' food consumption, body mass, and diet …

associated with the increased consumption of tobacco (by 9.1%, P <0.01), alcohol (by 7.1%, P <0.01), and cannabis (by 12.5%, P <0 …This study presents associations between the perceived social rejection of sexual minorities and tobacco, alcohol, and … cannabis consumption and unprotected sexual intercourse in the capital of Greece, Athens. This is the first Greek study to …

I argue that increased consumption of vegetable seed oils high in omega-6 polyunsaturated fats has driven obesity in …