TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Gwozdz, Wencke
AU  - Sousa-Poza, Alfonso
AU  - Reisch, Lucia A.
AU  - Ahrens, Wolfgang
AU  - Henauw, Stefaan De
AU  - Eiben, Gabriele
AU  - Fernández-Alvira, Juan M.
AU  - Hadjigeorgiou, Charalampos
AU  - Kovács, Eva
AU  - Lauria, Fabio
AU  - Veidebaum, Toomas
AU  - Williams, Garrath
AU  - Bammann, Karin
        TI  - Maternal Employment and Childhood Obesity: A European Perspective
        PY  - 2013/Apr/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 7371
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp7371
        AB  - The substantial increase in female employment rates in Europe over the past two decades has often been linked in political and public rhetoric to negative effects on child development, including obesity. We analyse this association between maternal employment and childhood obesity using rich objective reports of various anthropometric and other measures of fatness from the IDEFICS study of children aged 2-9 in 16 regions of eight European countries. Based on such data as accelerometer measures and information from nutritional diaries, we also investigate the effects of maternal employment on obesity's main drivers: calorie intake and physical activity. Our analysis provides little evidence for any association between maternal employment and childhood obesity, diet or physical activity.
        KW  - children
KW  - maternal employment
KW  - obesity
KW  - Europe
        ER  -