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School nutrition programs and the incidence of childhood obesity
Millimet, Daniel L.; Tchernis, Rusty; Husain, Muna - 2008
In light of the recent rise in childhood obesity, the School Breakfast Program (SBP) and National School Lunch Program … results, indicating that the SBP is a valuable tool in the current battle against childhood obesity, whereas the NSLP …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268685
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Studying the Child Obesity Epidemic With Natural Experiments
Sandy, Robert; Liu, Gilbert; Ottensmann, John; … - Department of Economics, Indiana University-Purdue … - 2008
We utilize clinical records of well successive child visits by the same child at clinics in Indianapolis to estimate the effects on their weights of changes in environment near their home. Our sample is limited to children who resided at the same address before and after the environmental change...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005422918
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Estimating the Associations between SNAP and Food Insecurity, Obesity, and Food Purchases with Imperfect Administrative Measures of Participation
Courtemanche, Charles; Denteh, Augustine; Tchernis, Rusty - 2018
associations between SNAP and food insecurity, obesity, and the Healthy Eating Index. These results serve as a cautionary tale …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011873416
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School Nutrition Programs and the Incidence of Childhood Obesity
Millimet, Daniel L.; Tchernis, Rusty; Husain, Muna - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
In light of the recent rise in childhood obesity, the School Breakfast Program (SBP) and National School Lunch Program … results, indicating that the SBP is a valuable tool in the current battle against childhood obesity, whereas the NSLP …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703486
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The effect of smoking on obesity : evidence from a randomized trial
Courtemanche, Charles; Tchernis, Rusty; Ukert, Benjamin - 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011435885
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What can we learn about the effects of food stamps on obesity in the presence of misreporting?
Almada, Lorenzo; McCarthy, Ian M.; Tchernis, Rusty - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011376037
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The origins of early childhood anthropometric persistence
Denteh, Augustine; Millimet, Daniel L.; Tchernis, Rusty - In: Empirical economics : a journal of the Institute for … 56 (2019) 6, pp. 2185-2224
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012052246
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The effect of smoking on obesity : evidence from a randomized trial
Courtemanche, Charles; Tchernis, Rusty; Ukert, Benjamin - In: Journal of health economics 57 (2018), pp. 31-44
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011998005
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Parental work hours and childhood obesity : evidence using instrumental variables related to sibling school eligibility
Courtemanche, Charles; Tchernis, Rusty; Zhou, Xilin - 2017
This study exploits plausibly exogenous variation from the youngest sibling's school eligibility to estimate the effects of parental work on the weight outcomes of older children in the household. Data come from the 1979 cohort of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth linked to the Child and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011647540
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Parental work hours and childhood obesity : evidence using instrumental variables related to sibling school eligibility
Courtemanche, Charles; Tchernis, Rusty; Zhou, Xilin - 2017
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011660339