States between income and obesity among women, but not men. We argue that a key factor is the gendered expectation that … mothers are responsible for feeding their children. When income is limited and households face food shortages, we predict that … an enactment of these gendered norms places mothers at greater risk for obesity relative to child-free women and all men …

significant employment penalty. Both genders experience a significant income penalty for obesity. We conclude that the penalties …, distinguishing between the productivity and the discrimination hypotheses. We analyze employment, income, and sickness absence …

lifestyles (leading to obesity) are a major source of preventable deaths. This chapter overviews the theoretical frameworks for …

(measured by infant mortality) and economic conditions (measured by income or consumption per capita), and height and body … low-mortality setting, the scarring effects of childhood disease dominate selection. We also show that both income and … information. In particular, we find that income matters more than disease for height, while the opposite is true for BMI. Finally …

of obesity are sensitive to whether BMI or waist circumference is used to define obesity. Education and income are used … estimated educational and income disparities in BMI and obesity. In the misreporting part we find that women with higher … and women. Among women, the consequence is a steeper income gradient when obesity is defined using waist circumference …

how income and education operate alone and in conjunction with each other across families and schools. We test it by …

This paper investigates the relationship between family income and childhood obesity. Using the Early Childhood … Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99 (ECLS-K), I report three new findings. First, family income and childhood obesity …-BMI children. Third, the difference in obesity rates between children from low- and high-income families increases as children age …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to empirically investigate the linkage between obesity and motor vehicle deaths …. Design/methodology/approach – The paper specifies a model that explains highway fatalities, which accounts for obesity in its … significant negative relationships with per capita income, the percentage of elderly female drivers, seat belt use, and …

Education is a well-known driver of (entrepreneurial) income. The measurement of its influence, however, suffers from …) income and of education. Using instrumental variables can provide a way out. However, three questions remain: whether … that the relationship between education and entrepreneurial income is indeed endogenous and that the impact of endogeneity …

The validity of family background variables instrumenting education in income regressions has been much criticized. In … instruments in income regressions. …