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A Multilevel Approach to Model Obesity and Overweight in the United States

Mandal, Bidisha; Chern, Wen S. - 2014

Gini coefficient are associated with higher rates of obesity and overweight. Higher state unemployment rate is associated … with higher prevalence of obesity and overweight among women. At the individual level, gain in income increase likelihood … consumption of fruits and vegetables are beneficial to curb obesity …

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Saving lives at birth: The impact of home births on infant outcomes

Daysal, N. Meltem; Trandafir, Mircea; van Ewijk, Reyn - 2012

Many developed countries have recently experienced sharp increases in home birth rates. This paper investigates the impact of home births on the health of low-risk newborns using data from the Netherlands, the only developed country where home births are widespread. To account for endogeneity in...

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Three Empirical Essays on the Long-Run Consequences of Early-Life Living Conditions

Neelsen, Sven - 2012

This study was prepared by Sven Neelsen while he was working with the ifo Institute for Economic Research. It was completed in December 2011 and accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich in May 2012. The study investigates long-run effects of...

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When dad can stay home: Fathers' workplace flexibility and maternal health

Persson, Petra; Rossin-Slater, Maya - 2019

While workplace flexibility is perceived to be a key determinant of maternal labor supply, less is known about fathers' demand for flexibility or about intra-household spillover effects of flexibility initiatives. This paper examines these issues in the context of a critical period in family...

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Early-life medical care and human capital accumulation : medical care and public health interventions in early childhood may improve human capital accumulation as well as child hea...

Daysal, N. Meltem - 2015

Ample empirical evidence links adverse conditions during early childhood (the period from conception to age five) to worse health outcomes and lower academic achievement in adulthood. Can early-life medical care and public health interventions ameliorate these effects? Recent research suggests...

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The impact of abortion legalisation on birth outcomes in Uruguay

Antón Pérez, José Ignacio; Ferre, Zuleika; Triunfo, … - 2016 - This version: 10th June 2016

This work evaluates the impact of an abortion reform in Uruguay allowing free interruption of pregnancy until 12 weeks of gestation on the quantity and quality of births in the short run. We employ a differences-in-differences approach, a comprehensive administrative register of births and a...

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When dad can stay home : fathers' workplace flexibility and maternal health

Persson, Petra; Rossin-Slater, Maya - 2019

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When dad can stay home : fathers' workplace flexibility and maternal health

Persson, Petra; Rossin-Slater, Maya - 2019

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After lead : effects of early interventions for children exposed to lead

Billings, Stephen B.; Schnepel, Kevin T. - 2017

Lead pollution is consistently linked to cognitive and behavioral impairments, yet little is known about the benefits of public health interventions for children exposed to lead. This paper estimates the long-term impacts of early-life interventions (e.g. lead remediation, nutritional...

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Spillover effects of early-life medical interventions

Breining, Sanni Nørgaard; Daysal, N. Meltem; Simonsen, … - 2015

We investigate the spillover effects of early-life medical treatments on the siblings of treated children. We use a regression discontinuity design that exploits changes in medical treatments across the very low birth weight (VLBW) cutoff. Using administrative data from Denmark, we first confirm...

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