This paper presents evidence on the impact of individual as well as regionalcharacteristics on changes in fat, protein, alcohol and cigarette consumption, and on diet’sdiversity between 1994 and 2004. The results from a dynamic econometric model suggestthat among individual determinants such...

The paper presents evidence on the impact of individual characteristics as well as regional macroeconomic factors on changes in fat, protein, alcohol and tobacco consumption, and on diet's diversity during the transition period 1994 - 2004 in Russia. The results from estimating first difference...

This paper presents evidence on the impact of individual as well as regional characteristics on changes in fat, protein, alcohol and cigarette consumption, and on diet’s diversity between 1994 and 2004. The results from a dynamic econometric model suggest that among individual...

The paper presents evidence on the impact of individual characteristics as well as regional macroeconomic factors onchanges in fat, protein, alcohol and tobacco consumption, and on diet’s diversity during the transition period 1994 –2004 in Russia. The results from estimating first...

This study integrates theoretical and empirical models to facilitate understanding of human obesity and the factors contributing to rising obesity in Russia during the transition from a planned to a market economy. Recent individual level data from the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey for...

This paper estimates the impacts of weight, measured by body mass index (BMI), onemployment, wages, and missed work due to illness for Russian adults by gender, in orderto better understand the mechanisms through which obesity affects employment, wages,and sick-leave days using recent panel data...