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Race, social class, and bulimia nervosa
Sovinsky, Michelle; Ham, John C.; Iorio, Daniela - 2012
; as are girls from low income families compared to middle and high income families. We use another data set to show that …In this paper we explore a serious eating disorder, bulimia nervosa (BN), which afflicts a surprising number of girls … in the US. We challenge the long-held belief that BN primarily affects high income White teenagers, using a unique data …
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Race, social class, and bulimia nervosa
Goeree, Michelle S.; Ham, John C.; Iorio, Daniela - 2012
; as are girls from low income families compared to middle and high income families. We use another data set to show that …In this paper we explore a serious eating disorder, bulimia nervosa (BN), which afflicts a surprising number of girls … in the US. We challenge the long-held belief that BN primarily affects high income White teenagers, using a unique data …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010316836
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Disparities in Bulimia Nervosa : who is left behind?
Ham, John C.; Iorio, Daniela; Sovinsky, Michelle - In: Economics letters 136 (2015), pp. 147-150
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Personality traits and bulimia nervosa
Ham, John C.; Iorio, Daniela; Sovinsky, Michelle - 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011590407
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How bulimia nervosa relates to addictive behavior
Iorio, Daniela; Sovinsky, Michelle - 2012
Using longitudinal data that tracks bulimic behavior among young girls (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute … of educational policy and treatment is crucial: preventive educational programs aimed at instructing girls about the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009743912
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Explaining the female black-white obesity gap : a decomposition analysis of proximal causes
Johnston, David W.; Lee, Wang-Sheng - 2011
There exists remarkably large differences in body weights and obesity prevalence between black and white women in the US, and crucially these differences are a significant contributor to black-white inequalities in health. In this paper, we investigate the most proximal explanations for the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009310988
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Labor Market Effects of Intrauterine Exposure to Nutritional Deficiency : Evidence from Administrative Data on Muslim Immigrants in Denmark
Schultz-Nielsen, Marie Louise - 2014
This paper examines whether nutritional disruptions experienced during the stage of fetal development impair an individual's labor market productivity later in life. We consider intrauterine exposure to the month of Ramadan as a natural experiment that might cause shocks to the inflow of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013042975
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Labor market effects of intrauterine exposure to nutritional deficiency : evidence from administrative data on Muslim immigrants in Denmark
Schultz-Nielsen, Marie Louise; Tekin, Erdal; Greve, Jane - 2014
This paper examines whether nutritional disruptions experienced during the stage of fetal development impair an individual's labor market productivity later in life. We consider intrauterine exposure to the month of Ramadan as a natural experiment that might cause shocks to the inflow of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010441715
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Black-white marital matching : race, anthropometrics, and socioeconomics
Chiappori, Pierre-André; Oreffice, Sonia; … - 2011
the Panel Study of Income Dynamics from 1999 to 2009 for black, white, and inter-racial couples. We consider the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009523514
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A decomposition of the black-white differential in birth outcomes
Pitts, M. Melinda; Walker, Mary Beth; Armour, Brian S. - 2011
Substantial racial disparities continue to persist in the prevalence of preterm births and lowbirth-weight births. Health policy aimed at reducing these disparities could be better targeted if the differences in birth outcomes are better understood. This study decomposes these racial disparities...
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