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Determinants of obesity in Turkey: A quantile regression analysis from a developing country
Karaoğlan, Hanife Deniz; Tansel, Aysit - 2017
This study investigates the factors that may influence the obesity in Turkey which is a developing country by … the Turkish Health Survey (THS) prepared by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TURKSTAT). The obesity indicator in our … study is the individual's Body Mass Index (BMI). QR regression results provide robust evidence that additional years of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011696316
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Instrumental variable estimation of the causal effect of hunger early in life on health later in life
van den Berg, Gerard J.; Pinger, Pia R.; Schoch, Johannes - 2012
Numerous studies have evaluated the effect of nutrition early in life on health much later in life by comparing individuals born during a famine to others. Nutritional intake is typically unobserved and endogenous, whereas famines arguably provide exogenous variation in the provision of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321143
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The Freer the Fatter? A Panel Study of the Relationship between Body-Mass Index and Economic Freedom
Ljungvall, Åsa - 2013
Along with the economic and technological developments of the past decades, obesity has become a growing public health … problem. This study empirically investigates whether the large and widespread increases in body-mass index (BMI) that have … the level of, and five-year change in, BMI. Decomposing the freedom index into sub-indices measuring economic freedom in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013208652
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Birth weight and family status revisited: evidence from Austrian register data
Frimmel, Wolfgang; Pruckner, Gerald J. - 2011
In this paper, we study the socio-economic determinants of birth weight with a focus on the mother's family status. We use Austrian birth register data covering all births between 1984 and 2007 and find that a mother's marriage is associated with a higher birth weight of the newborn in a range...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294916
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An Examination of the relationship between Health and Economic Growth
Malik, Garima - 2006
This paper attempts to examine the relationship between health and economic growth. The rate of growth is measured using gross national income [GNI] and health status is measured using infant mortality rate, life expectancy rate and crude health rate. The above relationships are measured using a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011807592
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Low birth weight and health expenditures from birth to late adolescence
Hummer, Michael; Lehner, Thomas; Pruckner, Gerald J. - 2012
utilization among children and young adults between birth and 21 years old. To account for time-invariant heterogeneity of mothers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294924
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Moving in and out of public geriatric care in Sweden
Hallberg, Daniel; Lagergren, Mårten - 2007
In this paper we present empirical results concerning the interplay between the development of dependency in activities for daily living (ADL),the informal support from a partner, and the mode of public old age care (OAC) services among the very old (75+). We also study excess-mortality...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321629
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The economics of alternative strategies for the reduction of food-borne diseases in developing countries: The case of diarrhea in Rwanda
von Witzke, Harald; Kirschke, Dieter; Lotze-Campen, Hermann - 2005
The paper provides a methodology which is suitable for the analysis of the social cost of disease and the benefits and cost of health intervention by integrating public health analysis and economics. The approach developed in the paper is applied to food-borne diarrhea in Rwanda. The results...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010343384
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The impact of abortion legalisation on birth outcomes in Uruguay
Antón Pérez, José Ignacio; Ferre, Zuleika; Triunfo, … - 2016
This work evaluates the impact of an abortion reform in Uruguay allowing free interruption of pregnancy until 12 weeks of gestation on the quantity and quality of births in the short run. We employ a differences-in-differences approach, a comprehensive administrative register of births and a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011615046
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Smoking behaviour in Germany: Evidence from the SOEP
Heilert, Daniela; Kaul, Ashok - 2017
As in most OECD countries, smoking prevalence and cigarette consumption have been decreasing in Germany since the early 2000s. This paper analyses whether smoking prevalence and cigarette consumption, as well as their development over time, differ between socio-economic subgroups. Identifying...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011663203