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Urban child health : does parent characteristics matter?
Ismail, Normaz Wana; Sudha Sivadas; Rusmawati Said; … - In: International journal of economic policy studies 15 (2021) 2, pp. 349-365
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Predicting the effects of a sugar sweetened beverage tax in a household production model
Bordignon, Massimo; Xiang, Di; Zhan, Lue - 2018
We study the impact of a hypothetical tax on sugar - sweetened beverages (SSBs) on the US households' nutrients purchase, welfare change, and health benefit. Differently from the traditional approach, Food at Home(FAH) is here defined as a "home" good instead than a market good and consumers'...
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Essays in the economics of obesity
Rashad, Inas - 2004
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Macronutrients and obesity : revisiting the calories in, calories out framework
Riera-Crichton, Daniel; Tefft, Nathan - In: Economics and human biology 14 (2014), pp. 33-49
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The effect of food deserts on the body mass index of elementary schoolchildren
Thomsen, Michael; Nayga, Rodolfo M.; Alviola, Pedro A.; … - In: American journal of agricultural economics 98 (2016) 1, pp. 1-18
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The effect of neighborhood fast food on children's BMI : evidence from a sample of movers
Qian, Yiwei; Thomsen, Michael; Nayga, Rodolfo M.; … - In: The B.E. journal of economic analysis & policy 17 (2017) 4, pp. 1-15
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Socioeconomic and demographic determinants of the nutritional content of National School Lunch Program entrée selections
Peckham, Janet G.; Kropp, Jaclyn; Mroz, Thomas A.; … - In: American journal of agricultural economics 99 (2017) 1, pp. 1-17
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A longitudinal analysis of fast-food exposure on child weight outcomes : identifying causality through school transitions
Dunn, Richard A.; Nayga, Rodolfo M.; Thomsen, Michael; … - In: Q open : a journal of agricultural, climate, … 1 (2021) 1, pp. 1-22
This article investigates the effect of fast-food availability on childhood weight outcomes by gender, race, and location. We use a novel identification strategy based on changes in fast-food exposure along the route between the home and school that occur as students progress through the public...
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Parental Work Hours and Childhood Obesity : Evidence Using Instrumental Variables Related to Sibling School Eligibility
Courtemanche, Charles - 2017
lead to larger increases in children's BMI z-scores and probabilities of being overweight and obese than those identified … effects of parental work on the weight outcomes of older children in the household. Data come from the 1979 cohort of the … kindergarten eligibility. Leveraging these insights, we develop an instrumental variables model that shows that parents' work hours …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012956931
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Parental Work Hours in Childhood Obesity : Evidence Using Instrumental Variables Related to Sibling School Eligibility
Courtemanche, Charles - 2017
lead to larger increases in children's BMI z-scores and probabilities of being overweight and obese than those identified … effects of parental work on the weight outcomes of older children in the household. Data come from the 1979 cohort of the … kindergarten eligibility. Leveraging these insights, we develop an instrumental variables model that shows that parents' work hours …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012957106