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Time spent exercising and obesity : an application of Lewbel's instrumental variables method

Courtemanche, Charles; Pinkston, Joshua C.; Stewart, … - 2020

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Time spent exercising and obesity : an application of Lewbel's instrumental variables method

Courtemanche, Charles; Pinkston, Joshua C.; Stewart, … - 2020

This paper examines the role physical activity plays in determining body mass using data from the American Time Use Survey. Our work is the first to address the measurement error that arises when time use during a single day - rather than average daily time use over an extended period - is used...

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Adjusting body mass for measurement error with invalid validation data

Courtemanche, Charles; Pinkston, Joshua C.; Stewart, … - 2014

obesity rates. …

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Chain restaurant calorie posting laws, obesity, and consumer welfare

Courtemanche, Charles; Frisvold, David E.; … - 2020

Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System to compare changes in body mass index (BMI), obesity, and consumer well-being in …

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Impatience, Incentives, and Obesity

Courtemanche, Charles; McAlvanah, Patrick; Heutel, Garth - Economics Department, Bryan School of Business and Economics - 2011

likelihood of obesity even after controlling for demographic, human capital, occupational, and financial characteristics as well …-bias (β) predict BMI, suggesting obesity is partly attributable to rational intertemporal tradeoffs but also partly to time …

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Working Yourself to Death? The Relationship Between Work Hours and Obesity

Courtemanche, Charles - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

Work hours may affect obesity if reduced leisure time decreases exercise and causes substitution from meals prepared at … labor force participation account for 6% and 10% of the growth in adult and childhood obesity in recent decades. …

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The skinny on big box retailing: Wal-Mart, warehouse clubs, and obesity

Courtemanche, Charles; Carden, Art - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

Research attributes much of the rise in obesity to technological progress reducing the cost of food consumption. We … Supercenter entry dates and locations, we examine the effects of Supercenters on body mass index (BMI) and obesity. We account for … 100,000 residents increases average BMI by 0.25 units and the obesity rate by 2.4 percentage points. These results imply …

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Adjusting Body Mass for Measurement Error with Invalid Validation Data

Courtemanche, Charles; Pinkston, Joshua C.; Stewart, Jay - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

obesity rates. …

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Early Effects of the Affordable Care Act on Health Care Access, Risky Health Behaviors, and Self-Assessed Health

Courtemanche, Charles; Marton, James; Ukert, Benjamin; … - 2017

The goal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was to achieve nearly universal health insurance coverage through a combination of mandates, subsidies, marketplaces, and Medicaid expansions, most of which took effect in 2014. We use data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System to examine...

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Adjusting Body Mass for Measurement Error with Invalid Validation Data

Courtemanche, Charles; Pinkston, Joshua C.; Stewart, Jay - 2014

obesity rates. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010333293