social income transfers, although we caution that the results are based on small samples, and are sensitive to specification …

The empirical evidence of a non-monotone relation between income and obesity is not well explained. We build a … theoretical model combining income inequality and social comparisons to explain the link between income and obesity and study tax … income and positionality effects, yielding the following results. We explain the link between average obesity rates, and …

income growth from 1950 to 1980 as a proxy for socioeconomic forces that created unbalanced physical growth among southern … children born after WWII. Using state-level data on income growth, smoking, obesity and education, we explain over 70% of the …

income transfers, although we caution that the results are based on small samples, and are sensitive to specification and …

social income transfers, although we caution that the results are based on small samples, and are sensitive to specification …