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The effect of education on health : evidence from the 1997 compulsory schooling reform in Turkey
Baltagi, Badi H.; Flores-Lagunes, Alfonso; Karatas, Haci M. - 2019
attainment to investigate the impact of education on body mass index, obesity, smoking behavior, and self-rated health, as well …This paper analyzes the relationship between education and health outcomes using a natural experiment in Turkey. The … statistically significant favorable effect of education on health outcomes and behavior. However, this relationship becomes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012005783
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The effect of education on health : evidence from the 1997 compulsory schooling reform in Turkey
Baltagi, Badi H.; Flores-Lagunes, Alfonso; Karatas, Haci M. - 2019
attainment to investigate the impact of education on body mass index, obesity, smoking behavior, and self-rated health, as well …This paper analyzes the relationship between education and health outcomes using a natural experiment in Turkey. The … statistically significant favorable effect of education on health outcomes and behavior. However, this relationship becomes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012159294
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Maternal employment and childhood overweight in Germany
Meyer, Sophie-Charlotte - 2015
A widespread finding among studies from the US and the UK is that maternal employment is correlated with an increased risk of child overweight, even in a causal manner, whereas studies from European countries obtain less conclusive results. As evidence for Germany is still scarce, the purpose of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011372037
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Maternal employment and childhood overweight in Germany
Meyer, Sophie-Charlotte - 2015
A widespread finding among studies from the US and the UK is that maternal employment is correlated with an increased risk of child overweight, even in a causal manner, whereas studies from European countries obtain less conclusive results. As evidence for Germany is still scarce, the purpose of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011335006
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Spatial Correlates of U.S. Heights and BMIs, 2002
Komlos, John; Lauderdale, Benjamin E. - 2004
height among white men, but only marginally among white women. Similar analysis of Body Mass Index (BMI) also shows a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010427414
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Stature and life-time labor market outcomes : accounting for unobserved differences
Böckerman, Petri; Vainiomäki, Jari - 2013
We use twin data matched to register-based individual information on earnings and employment to examine the effect of height on life-time labor market outcomes. The use of twin data allows us to remove otherwise unobserved ability and other differences. The twin pair difference estimates from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009753798
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The implications of self-reported body weight and height for measurement error in BMI
Davillas, Apostolos; Jones, Andrew M. - 2021
We designed an experiment to explore the extent of measurement error in body mass index (BMI), when based on self …-reported body weight and height. We find that there is a systematic age gradient in the reporting error in BMI, while there is …-reported BMI in studies that use it as an outcome, for example, to analyse socioeconomic gradients in obesity. However, our results …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012612542
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The implications of self-reported body weight and height for measurement error in BMI
Davillas, Apostolos; Jones, Andrew M. - 2021
We designed an experiment to explore the extent of measurement error in body mass index (BMI), when based on self …-reported body weight and height. We find that there is a systematic age gradient in the reporting error in BMI, while there is …-reported BMI in studies that use it as an outcome, for example, to analyse socioeconomic gradients in obesity. However, our results …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012608546
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Spatial correlates of U.S. heights and BMIs, 2002
Komlos, John; Lauderdale, Benjamin E. - 2004
height among white men, but only marginally among white women. Similar analysis of Body Mass Index (BMI) also shows a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010440460
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Spatial Correlates of U.S. Heights and BMIs, 2002
Komlos, John; Lauderdale, Benjamin E. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2004
height among white men, but only marginally among white women. Similar analysis of Body Mass Index (BMI) also shows a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005649804