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The Rise of Obesity in Transition Economies : Theory and Evidence from the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey

Huffman, Sonya Kostova - 2008

contributing to rising obesity in Russia during the transition from a planned to a market economy. Recent individual level data … education are important determinants of obesity in Russia. Empirical results strongly support our model for production of health … lifestyles and healthy diet, could play a vital role in preventing obesity in Russia …

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The rise of obesity in transition : theory and empirical evidence from Russia

Huffman, Sonya K.; Rizov, Marian - In: The journal of development studies : JDS 46 (2010) 3, pp. 574-594

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BMI growth rates and the nutrition transition : the role of income, inequality and income growth in Russia

Butzlaff, Iris - 2016

level data from the Russia Longitudinal Monitoring Survey (RLMS) from 1994 to 2012, we scrutinize the influence of …-shape and thus changes its sign from positive to negative in the process of economic development. For the case of Russia, we …

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Female and male body mass, height, and weight during US economic development: 1860s-1930s

Carson, Scott Alan - 2020

When other measures for economic welfare are scarce or unreliable, the use of biological measures are now standard in economics. This study uses late 19th and early 20th century BMI, statures, and weight to assess how net nutrition accumulated to women and men during US economic development....

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Exploring the causal relation between obesity and alcohol use, and educational outcomes

Vuik, Sabine; Devaux, Marion; Cecchini, Michele - 2019

Two of the most important health risk factors for children and young adults are obesity and alcohol use. These risk factors are known to affect health and wellbeing, but may also have an impact on educational outcomes. The objective of this study was to assess a potential causal relationship...

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Running and jumping variables in RD designs : evidence based on race, socioeconomic status, and birth weights

Barreca, Alan I.; Guldi, Melanie; Lindo, Jason M.; … - 2010

Throughout the years spanned by the US Vital Statistics Linked Birth and Infant Death Data (1983-2002), birth weights are measured most precisely for children of white and highly educated mothers. As a result, less healthy children, who are more likely to be of low socioeconomic status, are...

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Does job loss make you smoke and gain weight?

Marcus, Jan - 2012

This paper estimates the effect of involuntary job loss on smoking behavior and body weight using German Socio-Economic Panel Study data. Baseline nonsmokers are more likely to start smoking due to job loss, while smokers do not intensify their smoking. Job loss increases body weight slightly,...

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Health behavior and accident risk : obesity is associated with the future risk of heavy truck crashes among newly recruited commercial drivers

Anderson, Jon E.; Govada, Manjari; Steffen, Tricia K.; … - 2012

This study estimates the dose-response relationship between Body Mass Index (BMI) and crash risk in commercial motor vehicle operators. Intake data was collected on 744 new truck drivers who were training for their commercial driver's licenses at a school operated by the cooperating trucking...

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Fat chance! : obesity and the transition from unemployment to employment

Caliendo, Marco; Lee, Wang-Sheng - 2011

This paper focuses on estimating the magnitude of any potential weight discrimination by examining whether obese job applicants in Germany get treated or behave differently from non-obese applicants. Based on two waves of rich survey data from the IZA Evaluation dataset, which includes measures...

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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...

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