The aim of this study is twofold: one is to provide an overview of the economic theory of obesity; and the other is to discuss a public policy response to obesity, The Obesity Prevention and Control Program of Turkey. The obesity epidemic has become widely recognized as a major global health and...

Gelir eşitsizliği ile sağlık çıktıları arasındaki ilişki ağırlıklı bir şekilde gelişmiş ülkelerde çalışılmış bir konudur. Gelir eşitsizliği hipotezi bireylerin sağlık statülerinin gelirden bağımsız olarak yaşadıkları toplumdaki gelir eşitsizliğinden olumsuz...

Obesity is a growing health problem in South Africa. This health problem could have various implications for the South African economy. The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of obesity on employment status in South Africa with the use of household survey data. The study followed a...

A tanulmány - közelmúltban publikált világbanki és OECD-adatok alapján - azt vizsgálja, miért olyan alacsony az egészségügyi ágazat relatív ár- és bérszintje a GDP átlagos árszintjéhez viszonyítva a posztszocialista országokban. Első megközelítésben a válasz az, hogy...

A tanulmány nemzetközi statisztikák alapján vizsgálja meg, mennyire helytálló a mai neoliberális főáram ama állítása, hogy a jóléti állam haldoklik, redisztribúciós szerepe a fejlett ipari országokban csökken, visszafejlődik. Elemzi a szociális közkiadások százalékos...

This paper estimates the causal impact of retirement among the 50-69 year-old on Body Mass Index (BMI), the probability of being either overweight or obese and the probability of being obese. Based on the 2004, 2006 and 2010-11 waves of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe...

Regression discontinuity designs (RDDs) are a popular method to estimate treatment effects. However, RDDs may fail to yield consistent estimates if the forcing variable can be manipulated by the agent. In this paper, we examine one interesting set of economic models with such a feature....

Using a laboratory experiment, we investigate the validity of stated risks elicited via the Exchangeability Method (EM) by defining a valuation method based on de Finetti’s notion of coherence. The reliability of risk estimates elicited through the EM has been theoretically questioned because...

This paper analyses the effect on meal consumption away from home of a point-of-purchase healthy symbol. We base the analysis on a field experiment in a lunch restaurant. Our results suggest that meal consumption does not increase if the meal is labeled with a healthy symbol. Also, the mean...

The primary objective of this study was to estimate the willingness to pay (WTP) for a new intervention at the workplace: wholesome canteen takeaways (CTA), i.e. a low fat meal with a large amount of vegetables prepared at the workplace canteen that only requires re-heating. The contingent...