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Determinants of obesity in Turkey : a quantile regression analysis from a developing country
Karaoğlan, Deniz; Tansel, Aysıt - 2017
This study investigates the factors that may influence the obesity in Turkey which is a developing country by … the Turkish Health Survey (THS) prepared by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TURKSTAT). The obesity indicator in our … study is the individual's Body Mass Index (BMI). QR regression results provide robust evidence that additional years of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011607326
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Determinants of obesity in Turkey : a quantile regression analysis from a developing country
Karaoğlan, Deniz; Tansel, Aysıt - 2017
This study investigates the factors that may influence the obesity in Turkey which is a developing country by … the Turkish Health Survey (THS) prepared by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TURKSTAT). The obesity indicator in our … study is the individual’s Body Mass Index (BMI). QR regression results provide robust evidence that additional years of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011609948
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Determinants of obesity in Turkey : a quantile regression analysis from a developing country
Karaoğlan, Deniz; Tansel, Aysıt - 2017
This study investigates the factors that may influence the obesity in Turkey which is a developing country by … the Turkish Health Survey (THS) prepared by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TURKSTAT). The obesity indicator in our … study is the individual’s Body Mass Index (BMI). QR regression results provide robust evidence that additional years of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011585823
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Determinants of Obesity in Turkey : A Quantile Regression Analysis from a Developing Country
Karaoglan, Deniz - 2017
This study investigates the factors that may influence the obesity in Turkey which is a developing country by … the Turkish Health Survey (THS) prepared by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TURKSTAT). The obesity indicator in our … study is the individual's Body Mass Index (BMI).QR regression results provide robust evidence that additional years of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012965001
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Determinants of Obesity in Turkey : A Quantile Regression Analysis from a Developing Country
Karaoglan, Deniz - 2017
This study investigates the factors that may influence the obesity in Turkey which is a developing country by … the Turkish Health Survey (THS) prepared by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TURKSTAT). The obesity indicator in our … study is the individual's Body Mass Index (BMI). QR regression results provide robust evidence that additional years of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012965378
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008780312
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Running and Jumping Variables in RD Designs : Evidence Based on Race, Socioeconomic Status, and Birth Weights
Barreca, Alan I. - 2010
Throughout the years spanned by the U.S. 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013139332
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Holiday and weight gain : Evidence from National Day holiday in China
Luo, Hengrong; Yu, Xiaohua - 2020
gain effect of the National Day holiday in China. We find that Chinese adults tend to gain 1.561 kg during the National Day …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012287389
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Socioeconomic Inequalities in Body Mass Index in Barcelona 1986-2016 : An Unconditional Quantile Regression Approach
Bartoll-Roca, Xavier; Serral, Gemma; Ariza, Carles - 2021
Mass Index (BMI) distribution by educational level, employment situation and neighborhood income for 1986 and 2016 in … Barcelona. The contribution of these factors to changes in BMI between the years at distinct percentiles is illustrated using … the Oaxaca decomposition method. It is confirmed heterogeneity in BMI values at different percentiles for both years. BMI …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013243528
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Can a supranational medicines agency restore trust after vaccine suspensions? : the case of Vaxzevria
Albanese, Andrea; Fallucchi, Francesco; Verheyden, Bertrand - 2021
Over the first half of March 2021, the majority of European governments suspended Astrazeneca's Vaxzevria vaccine as a precaution following media reports of rare blood clots. We analyse the impact of the European Medicines Agency's (EMA) March 18th statement assuring the public of the safety of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012585624