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The extant literature on fat taxes and thin subsidies tends to focus on the overall effectiveness of such fiscal instruments in altering diets and improving health. However, little is known about the welfare impacts of fiscal food policies on society. This paper fills a gap in the literature...
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be obesity. Higher prices for fresh fruits and vegetables and non-alcoholic drinks increase likelihood of obesity for … females but not for males; and a higher price for processed fruits and vegetables reduce likelihood of obesity for females but …
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educated men are less likely to be obesity. Higher prices for fresh fruits and vegetables and non-alcoholic drinks increase … likelihood of obesity for females but not for males; and a higher price for processed fruits and vegetables reduce likelihood of … obesity for females but not for males. A larger BMI at age 25 has wage effects later in life and also increases the …
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This paper examines the health effects of a fiscal food policy based on a combinationof fat taxes and thin subsidies. The fat tax is based on the saturated fat content of fooditems while the thin subsidy is applied to select fruit and vegetbale items. The policy is designed to be revenue neutral...
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generate revenue that governments can use to address the obesity-caused health and economic burden. Two beverage demand systems …
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of the thin subsidy. Results suggest there is scope for the design of a fiscal food policy to combat obesity and poor …
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OBJECTIVE: We sought to determine whether lesbians have higher rates of overweight and obesity than women of other … sexual orientations.METHODS: We compared population estimates of overweight and obesity across sexual orientation groups … obesity (OR=2.47; 95% CI=1.19, 5.09) as heterosexual women. Bisexuals and women who reported their sexual orientation as …
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Girls with obesity tend to have low-self esteem than who have the ideal body so their ability to self … correlation of self esteem and ability to self-actualization for obesity girls at SMA Negeri 1 Sei Bingai. The research design was …-actualization ability questionnaire of obesity girls in SMA Negeri 1 Sei Bingai. Then the processed data obtain by using descriptive …
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pay-for-performance.In chapter 3, we explore the relationship between obesity and household credit risk. Obesity is a … risk factors. The economic significance of obesity for delinquencies is comparable to that of job displacements. Obesity is … obesity effect is at least partially mediated through poor health, but is not attributable to individuals' time preferences. …
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The net neutrality debate has brought out economic rationale for andagainst a variety of proposals of the broadband service providers todifferentiate between different classes of users. Broadband users arecharacterized by the differing amounts of content they request online,as well as their...
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