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Instrumental variable estimation of the causal effect of hunger early in life on health later in life

Berg, Gerard J. van den; Pinger, Pia; 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...

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The impact of BMI on mental health : further evidence from genetic markers

Amin, Vikesh; Flores, Carlos; Flores-Lagunes, Alfonso - 2020

We estimate the effect of BMI on mental health for young adults and elderly individuals using data from the National … exploit variation in a polygenic score (PGS) for BMI within two complementary econometric methods that differ in the … assumptions they employ. First, we use the BMI PGS as an IV and adjust for PGSs for other factors (depression and educational …

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Running and jumping variables in RD designs : evidence based on race, socioeconomic status, and birth weights

Barreca, Alan I.; Guldi, Melanie; Lindo, Jason M.; … - 2010

Throughout the years spanned by the US Vital Statistics Linked Birth and Infant Death Data (1983-2002), birth weights are measured most precisely for children of white and highly educated mothers. As a result, less healthy children, who are more likely to be of low socioeconomic status, are...

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Labor Market Effects of Sports and Exercise : Evidence from Canadian Panel Data

Lechner, Michael - 2014

Based on the Canadian National Population Health Survey we estimate the effects of individual sports and exercise on individual labor market outcomes. The data covers the period from 1994 to 2008. It is longitudinal and rich in life-style, health, and physical activity information. Exploiting...

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Labor market effects of sports and exercise : evidence from Canadian panel data

Lechner, Michael; Sari, Nazmi - 2014

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Examining the structure of spatial health effects in Germany using Hierarchical Bayes Models

Eibich, Peter; Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - 2013

This paper uses Hierarchical Bayes Models to model and estimate spatial health effects in Germany. We combine rich individual-level household panel data from the German SOEP with administrative county-level data to estimate spatial county-level health dependencies. As dependent variable we use...

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Labor market effects of sports and exercise : evidence from Canadian panel data

Lechner, Michael; Sari, Nazmi - 2014

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Examining the structure of spatial health effects in Germany using Hierarchical Bayes Models

Eibich, Peter; Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - 2013

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Heterogeneous effects of blood pressure screening

Kaempfen, Fabrice; Mosca, Irene - 2024

This is the first study that investigates the heterogeneous effects of blood pressure (BP) screening on subsequent changes in BP in a high-income country. We use data from clinical health assessments carried out in 2010 (baseline) and 2014 (follow-up) as part of a nationally-representative...

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Breastfeeding and child development outcomes across early childhood and adolescence : doubly robust estimation with machine learning

Khudri, Md Mohsan; Hussey, Andrew - 2024

Using data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, we estimate the impact of breastfeeding initiation and duration on multiple cognitive, health, and behavioral outcomes spanning early childhood through adolescence. To mitigate the potential bias from misspecification, we employ a doubly robust...

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