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) measures and young adult obesity rates using evidence from the Great Smoky Mountains Study of Youth. The effects of extra … in young adult obesity rates as a result of the income transfers, while the BMI of poorer children increases. Part of …
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) measures and young adult obesity rates using evidence from the Great Smoky Mountains Study of Youth. The effects of extra … in young adult obesity rates as a result of the income transfers, while the BMI of poorer children increases. Part of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008466449
) measures and young adult obesity rates using evidence from the Great Smoky Mountains Study of Youth. The effects of extra … in young adult obesity rates as a result of the income transfers, while the BMI of poorer children increases. Part of … persist for several years into young adulthood. -- obesity ; health ; cash transfer ; adolescents ; indigenous peoples …
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) measures and young adult obesity rates using evidence from the Great Smoky Mountains Study of Youth. The effects of extra … in young adult obesity rates as a result of the income transfers, while the BMI of poorer children increases. Part of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013069383
The public economic burden of shifting trends in population health remains uncertain. Sustained increases in obesity …, and increases public assistance. Using a microsimulation approach, we quantify the competing public-finance consequences … obesity have increased net public-sector liabilities by $430bn, or approximately 4% of the current debt burden. Larger effects …
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, we use a microsimulation approach to project what US longevity would look like, if US health trends approximated those in …
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The public economic burden of shifting trends in population health remains uncertain. Sustained increases in obesity …, and increases public assistance. Using a microsimulation approach, we quantify the competing public-finance consequences … obesity have increased net public-sector liabilities by $430bn, or approximately 4% of the current debt burden. Larger effects …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003884098
We use a calibrated stochastic life-cycle model of endogenous health spending, asset accumulation and retirement to investigate the causes behind the increase in health spending and life expectancy over the period 1965-2005. We estimate that technological change along with the increase in the...
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The authors use a calibrated stochastic life-cycle model of endogenous health spending, asset accumulation and retirement to investigate the causes behind the increase in health spending and life expectancy over the period 1965-2005. They estimate that technological change along with the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014199651
The public economic burden of shifting trends in population health remains uncertain. Sustained increases in obesity … increases public assistance. Using a microsimulation approach, we quantify the competing public-finance consequences of shifting … (including Social Security and income assistance). Together, the reduction in smoking and the rise in obesity have increased net …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014200787