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Direct and Indirect Effects of Teenage Body Weight on Adult Wages
Han, Euna - 2009
Previous estimates on the association between body weight and wages in the literature have been contingent on education and occupation. This paper examines the direct effect of BMI on wages and the indirect effects operating through education and occupation choice, particularly for late-teen BMI...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012463622
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Life Satisfaction and Body Mass Index : Estimating the Monetary Value of Achieving Optimal Body Weight
Kristjana Baldursdottir; McNamee, Paul; Norton, Edward C.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
According to the World Health Organization, obesity is one of the greatest public-health challenges of the 21st century …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012533340
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Disentangling the Contemporaneous and Dynamic Effects of Human and Health Capital on Wages over the Life Cycle
Gilleskie, Donna B. - 2016
In this study we quantify the life-cycle effects of human and health capital on the wage distribution of females, with a focus on health measured by body mass. We use NLSY79 data on women followed annually up to twenty years during the time of their lives when average annual weight gain is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012456247
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Nutrient Intake : A Cross-National Analysis of Trends and Economic Correlates
Dave, Dhaval M. - 2016
intake and obesity. The cross-national trends, across countries spanning the spectrum of economic development and geographic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012456496
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Does Medicaid Coverage for Pregnant Women Affect Prenatal Health Behaviors?
Dave, Dhaval M. - 2015
Despite plausible mechanisms, little research has evaluated potential changes in health behaviors as a result of the Medicaid expansions of the 1980s and 1990s for pregnant women. Accordingly, we provide the first national study of the effects of Medicaid on health behaviors for pregnant women....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012457618
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Isolating the Effect of Major Depression on Obesity : Role of Selection Bias
Dave, Dhaval M. - 2011
obesity. The economic burden of depression, about $100 billion annually, is under-estimated if depression has a positive … causal impact on obesity. If depression plays a causal role in increasing the prevalence of obesity, then policy … from major depression to higher BMI and obesity. While contemporaneous effects are considered, the study primarily focuses …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012461590
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Local Revenue Hills : A General Equilibrium Specification with Evidence from Four U.S. Cities
Haughwout, Andrew - 2000
We provide estimates of the impact and long-run elasticities of tax base with respect to tax rates for four large U.S. cities: Houston (property taxation), Minneapolis (property taxation), New York City (property, general sales, and income taxation), and Philadelphia (property, gross receipts,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471167
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Local Revenue Hills : Evidence from Four U.S. Cities
Haughwout, Andrew F. - 2003
We provide estimates of the impact and long-run elasticities of tax base with respect to tax rates for four large U.S. cities: Houston (property taxation), Minneapolis (property taxation), New York City (property, general sales, and income taxation), and Philadelphia (property, gross receipts,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012469012