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A sales tax is better at promoting healthy diets than the fat tax and the thin subsidy
Kalamov, Zarko Y. - 2016
Rising prevalence of obesity among adults and children is a major policy issue in many countries. Two widely discussed … instruments to address obesity are a tax on unhealthy foods (fat tax) and a subsidy on healthy foods (thin subsidy). We compare … for healthy and unhealthy meals. We show that the policy which reduces obesity under the most general conditions is the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011561097
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Peer effects on obesity in a sample of European children
Gwozdz, Wencke; Sousa-Poza, Alfonso; Reisch, Lucia A.; … - 2015
This study analyzes peer effects on childhood obesity using data from the first two waves of the IDEFICS study, which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010528670
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If you don't snooze you lose : evidence on health and weight
Giuntella, Osea; Mazzonna, Fabrizio - 2016
Most economic models consider sleeping as a pre-determined and homogeneous constraint on individuals' time allocation neglecting its potential effects on health and human capital. Several medical studies provide evidence of important associations between sleep deprivation and health outcomes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011453426
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I'm not fat, just too short for my weight: Family child care and obesity in Germany
Mahler, Philippe - 2007
Obesity is increasing worldwide for both adults and children. Genetic disposition is responsible for some variation in … obesity in children and adults. This paper analyzes the effect of mother's labor supply in childhood on young adults … increase in obesity. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010315560
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Maternal employment and childhood obesity in China : evidence from the China health and nutrition survey
Nie, Peng; Sousa-Poza, Alfonso - 2014
employment and obesity in children aged 3-17 in both rural and urban China. Using BMI and waist circumference as measures for … grandparenting could have beneficial effects on childhood obesity. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010257592
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Maternal Employment and Childhood Obesity in China : Evidence from the China Health and Nutrition Survey
Nie, Peng - 2014
employment and obesity in children aged 3–17 in both rural and urban China. Using BMI and waist circumference as measures for … grandparenting could have beneficial effects on childhood obesity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013057035
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Peer Effects on Obesity in a Sample of European Children
Gwozdz, Wencke - 2015
This study analyzes peer effects on childhood obesity using data from the first two waves of the IDEFICS study, which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013022651
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Maternal Employment and Child Obesity : When Childcare Matters
Hong, Jieun - 2016
A substantial body of literature suggests that maternal employment stimulates child obesity. This study re-examines the … child obesity according to the estimation for working mothers. If they depend on relative care, it stimulates children to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014129933
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Maternal employment and childhood obesity in China : evidence from the China health and nutrition survey
Nie, Peng; Sousa-Poza, Alfonso - 2014
employment and obesity in children aged 3 - 17 in both rural and urban China. Using BMI and waist circumference as measures for … grandparenting could have beneficial effects on childhood obesity. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010260064
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Overweight and obesity in low- and middle income countries : a panel-data analysis
Minos, Dimitrios - 2016
The rather small literature on obesity in developing countries mainly uses descriptive statistics and cross section … analysis to focus on rising income levels as the source of rapidly increasing obesity rates. This paper uses a new panel … the main driver of rising obesity levels. The results of the fixed effects estimation suggest that urbanization and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011422896