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The transition to post-industrial BMI values among US children
Komlos, John; Breitfelder, Ariane; Sunder, Marco - 2008
Background: The trend in the BMI values of US children has not been estimated very convincingly because of the absence …. Methods: We use five regression models to estimate the BMI trends of non-Hispanic US-born black and white children and …
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Equipping homeless shelter providers with child-centered play therapy skills
Carter, Adam W. - In: Journal of poverty : innovations on social, political & … 19 (2015) 4, pp. 399-408
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Vertical transmission of overweight : evidence from English adoptees
Costa-Font, Joan; Jofre-Bonet, Mireia; Le Grand, Julian - 2015
We examine the vertical transmission of overweight drawing upon a sample of English children, both adopted and non …
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Spatial differentiation of child well-being in Europe
Strózik, Dorota; Strózik, Tomasz - In: Folia oeconomica Stetinensia : FOS 14 (2014) 1, pp. 78-90
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Parenthood and risk preferences
Görlitz, Katja; Tamm, Marcus - 2015
This study analyzes how risk attitudes change when individuals become parents using longitudinal data for a large and representative sample of individuals. The results show that men and women experience a considerable increase in risk aversion which already starts as early as two years before...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010519118
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Child deprivation and income poverty in Ghana
Kofinti, Raymond Elikplim; Annim, Samuel Kobina - 2015
deprivation of children aged 7 to 17 years, and the outcomes were compared to the incidence of income poverty. The analyses reveal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011428169
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Ethics in food advertising to children in India : a parental perspective
Singh, Raghbir; Soni, Pavleen - In: Journal of food products marketing 21 (2015) 2, pp. 141-159
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Cooperation and discrimination within and across language borders : evidence from children in a bilingual city
Angerer, Silvia; Glätzle-Rützler, Daniela; … - 2015
- to eleven-year old primary school children in the city of Meran, we find that cooperation generally increases with age …, but that the gap between cooperation among in-group members and cooperation towards children speaking another language is …
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Regulatory fit effects on children's responses to healthy eating promotion : an experiment testing message and celebrity fit
Cheng, Benjamin Ka Lun - In: Health marketing quarterly 32 (2015) 1, pp. 48-64
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How to measure time preferences in children : a comparison of two methods
Angerer, Silvia; Lergetporer, Philipp; … - 2015
We measure time preferences in a sample of 561 children aged seven to eleven years. Using a within-subject design we …
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