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The Sweet Life : The Long-Term Effects of a Sugar-Rich Early Childhood

Gertler, Paul J.; Gračner, Tadeja - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

We show that sugar-rich diet early in life has large adverse effects on the health and economic well-being of adults more than fifty years later. Excessive sugar intake early in life led to higher prevalence of chronic inflammation, diabetes, elevated cholesterol and arthritis. It also decreased...

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The effect of higher education on women's obesity and smoking : evidence from college openings in Turkey

Baltagi, Badi H.; Flores-Lagunes, Alfonso; Karatas, Haci M. - 2022

This paper analyzes the relationship between higher education and body weight and smoking behavior among women in Turkey. We exploit the largely exogenous and substantial increase in the openings of universities throughout Turkey. Based on the spatial and temporal variability of university...

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A socio-economic analysis of youth disconnectedness

Pfeiffer, Friedhelm; Seiberlich, Ruben R. - 2009

youth. -- Disconnected youth ; unemployment ; school failure ; life adversity …

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A socio-economic analysis of youth disconnectedness

Pfeiffer, Friedhelm; Seiberlich, Ruben R. - 2010

Disconnectedness among youth can have several dimensions. From a socio-economic viewpoint, failure in school …, unemployment and the lack of an intimate relationship are among the most important ones. In our samples from SOEP youth … followed by increases in the number of disconnected youth. -- Disconnected youth ; unemployment ; school failure ; life …

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A socio-economic analysis of youth disconnectedness

Pfeiffer, Friedhelm; Seiberlich, Ruben R. - 2010

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Migrant Adolescent Girls in Urban Slums India : Aspirations, Opportunities and Challenges

Agarwal, Siddharth; Jones, Eleri; Verma, Shabnam - 2017

Background: Many adolescents grow-up with inadequate access to opportunities facing challenges and risks. This study focuses on recently migrant adolescent girls in India’s fast growing urban slum population for whom multiple vulnerabilities intersect, including gender, poverty and migrant...

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Improvements in schooling opportunities and teen births

Garcez, Lucas N.; Padilla-Romo, María; Peluffo, Cecilia; … - 2024

We study the causal relationship between educational attainment and teenage birth rates by focusing on a large-scale, country-wide reform that made high school compulsory and removed previously existing school capacity constraints in Mexico. Relying on administrative data on schools and births,...

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Swallow This : Childhood and Adolescent Exposure to Fast Food Restaurants, BMI, and Cognitive Ability

Abrahamsson, Sara Sofie; Bütikofer, Aline; Karbownik, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

Using spatial and temporal variation in openings of fast food restaurants in Norway between 1980 and 2007, we study the effects of changes in the supply of high caloric nutrition on the health and cognitive ability of young adult males. Our results indicate that exposure to these establishments...

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Communication problems? : the role of parent-child communication for the subsequent health behavior of adolescents

Avdic, Daniel; Büyükdurmus, Tugba - 2015

We contribute to the literature on the determinants of socioeconomic health disparities by studying how the health behavior of adolescents may arise from the degree of communication between parent and child. Parent-child communication may function as a mediator between family background and...

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Smoking, drinking, never thinking of tomorrow : income and risky choices amongst young adults in the UK

Coppola, Gianluigi; O'Higgins, Shane Niall; Pinto, Claudio - 2015

In this paper we look at the relationship between health and income as mediated by "lifestyle" choices; that is, a set of behaviours which are thought to influence health and are generally considered to invoke a substantial degree of free choice. The main underlying assumption is that...

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