This paper analyses in a novel way how educational investments can improve human capital formation in Europe, based on …

In response to the dramatic rise in childhood obesity, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and other organizations …-2004. Results from IV models indicate that PE lowers BMI z-score and reduces the probability of obesity among 5th graders (in … represents some of the first evidence of a causal effect of PE on youth obesity, and thus offers at least some support to the …

An epidemic of obesity has been developing in virtually all OECD countries over the last 30 years. Existing evidence … appears to be associated with a lower likelihood of obesity, especially among women. A range of analyses of health survey data … obesity. The findings of these analyses show a broadly linear relationship between the number of years spent in full …

In response to the dramatic rise in childhood obesity, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and other organizations … of obesity among 5th graders. This effect is concentrated among boys; we find evidence that this gender difference is …. This represents some of the first evidence of a causal effect of PE on youth obesity, and thus offers at least some support …

An epidemic of obesity has been developing in virtually all OECD countries over the last 30 years. Existing evidence … appears to be associated with a lower likelihood of obesity, especially among women. A range of analyses of health survey data … obesity. The findings of these analyses show a broadly linear relationship between the number of years spent in full …