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The increase in the prevalence of obesity worldwide has led to great interest in the economic consequences of obesity, but valid and powerful instruments for obesity, which are needed to estimate its causal effects, are rare. This paper contributes to the literature by using a novel instrument:...
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This paper contributes to the literature on the labor market consequences of unhealthy behaviors and poor health by … series of National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys that spans 1959-2008. We calculate that the percentage of …
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for cigarettes is a derived demand. Public health efforts to reduce smoking initiation and encourage cessation may wish to …
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sophisticated consumers of advertising and use it to make more health-promoting decisions. -- advertising ; weight loss ; obesity … ; deception ; information ; drugs ; health …
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the Health and Retirement Study. We calculate the gender gap as the difference in the prevalence of elevated depressive …) current income, and D) prior income group as men, conditional on women’s health and family status until age 70. Findings: The …
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