TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Nie, Peng
AU  - Sousa-Poza, Alfonso
        TI  - Maternal Employment and Childhood Obesity in China: Evidence from the China Health and Nutrition Survey
        PY  - 2014/Mar/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 8030
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp8030
        AB  - Using five waves from the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS), we investigate the association between maternal employment and obesity in children aged 3–17 in both rural and urban China. Using BMI and waist circumference as measures for pediatric adiposity, we provide scant evidence for its relation to maternal employment. We also find no strong association between maternal employment and our measures for children's diet and physical activity. Our study also suggests that grandparenting could have beneficial effects on childhood obesity.
        KW  - childhood obesity
KW  - China
KW  - maternal employment
        ER  -