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Improved estimates of the benefits of breastfeeding using sibling comparisons to reduce selection bias
Reilly, Siobhan; Evenhouse, Eirik - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
Objective Better measurement of the health and cognitive benefits of breastfeeding by using sibling comparisons to reduce sample selection bias. Data We use data on the breastfeeding history, physical and emotional health, academic performance, cognitive ability, and demographic characteristics...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005623436
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Body weight and socio-economic determinants: quantile estimations from the British Household Panel Survey
Pieroni, Luca; Salmasi, Luca - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
from the British Household Panel Survey. While the patterns of overweight and obesity have drawn economists’ interest in … underweight and normalweight subjects but they are not significant for people affected by higher obesity prevalence rates. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008695092
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Smoking habit changes and body weight: causal estimates from the British Household Panel Survey
Pieroni, Luca; Salmasi, Luca - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
associated with increased obesity. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011112315
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Socioeconomic factors as determinants of overweight and obesity. The Argentinian case.
Temporelli, Karina; Viego, Valentina - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
Obesity is a complex medical problem that according to World Health Organization has become a global epidemic. Its … suffer a double burden of disease arising from the coexistence of obesity and malnutrition. In this paper we analyze the … results from the Risk Factors National Survey relating the prevalence of obesity and overweight in Argentinean provinces with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008727887
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Impact of Small Group Size on Neighborhood Influences in Multilevel Models
Theall, Katherine P.; Scribner, Richard; Lynch, Sara; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
Objective: Although there is a growing body of literature on sample size in multilevel or hierarchical modeling, few studies have examined the impact of group size 5. Design: We examined the impact of a group size less than five on both a continuous and dichotomous outcome in a simple two-level...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005616706
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The impacts of health care reforms on the efficiency of the Turkish public hospitals: Provincial markets
Sulku, Seher Nur - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Turkey has implemented major health care reforms to improve the efficiency of the health care system since 2003. The … the OECD health system review of Turkey: “Turkey is closing the performance gap with other OECD countries and, on a number …, there may be much that other countries can learn from the recent health reforms in Turkey, especially in the use of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008876638
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Infant Mortality Situation in Bangladesh in 2007: A District Level Analysis
Ahamad, Mazbahul Golam; Tasnima, Kaniz; Khaled, Nafisa; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
District level trend of infant mortality rate (IMR) per thousand live births in Bangladesh influenced by some assorted form of socio-demographic determinants such as individual, household and community level factors. This paper examines the trend and annual rate of reduction from 1998-2007 time...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008592939
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Spatial econometrics: an application to obesity indicators in Argentinian provinces
Viego, Valentina; Temporelli, Karina - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
Despite their vigorous expansion in the last 30 years in the field of econometrics, spatial models are still not widely disseminated in the empirical literature in Argentina focused on quantitative aspects of regional scope. This paper aims to present the central lines of spatial econometric...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008727899
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I feel good! Gender differences and reporting heterogeneity in self-assessed health
Pfarr, Christian; Schneider, Brit S.; Schneider, Udo; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
For empirical analysis and policy-oriented recommendation, the precise measurement of individual health or well-being is essential. The problem with variables based on questionnaires such as self-assessed health is that the answer may depend on individual reporting behaviour. Moreover, if...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008493036
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A Life-Course Perspective on Gender Differences in Cognitive Functioning in India
Velamuri, Malathi; Onur, Ilke - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
We examine gender differences in four measures of cognitive function among older individuals in India, using the 2010 pilot wave of the Longitudinal Aging Study of India (LASI) survey. We use a life-course approach and estimate the impact of circumstances in childhood, choices in adulthood and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011114507