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28 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13903
Can Unearned Income Make Us Fitter? Evidence from Lottery Wins
Joan Costa-Font, Mario Gyori
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13685
Is There a Link between BMI and Adolescents' Educational Choices and Expectations?
Luis Diaz-Serrano, Alexandrina P. Stoyanova
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13671
Association of a Genetic Risk Score with BMI along the Life-Cycle: Evidence from Several US Cohorts
Anna Sanz-de-Galdeano, Anastasia Terskaya, Angie Upegui
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13444
Does BMI Predict the Early Spatial Variation and Intensity of COVID-19 in Developing Countries? Evidence from India
Nidhiya Menon
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13055
The Impact of BMI on Mental Health: Further Evidence from Genetic Markers
Vikesh Amin, Carlos A. Flores, Alfonso Flores-Lagunes
forthcoming in: Economics and Human Biology, 2020
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12763
Not Only in My Genes: The Effects of Peers' Genotype on Obesity
Giorgio Brunello, Anna Sanz-de-Galdeano, Anastasia Terskaya
published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2020, 72, 102349
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12167
Understanding "Wage Theft": Evasion and Avoidance Responses to Minimum Wage Increases
Jeffrey Clemens, Michael R. Strain
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10776
Long-Run Effects of Severe Economic Recessions on Male BMI Trajectories and Health Behaviors
Olena Y. Nizalova, Edward C. Norton
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10524
The Effect of Working Hours on Health
Maria Ines Berniell, Jan Bietenbeck
revised version published in: Economics and Human Biology, 2020, 39, 100901
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10491
Determinants of Obesity in Turkey: A Quantile Regression Analysis from a Developing Country
Deniz Karaoğlan, Aysit Tansel
Published in: Bogazici University Journal, 2019, 32(2); 174-184.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9907
The Effect of Weight on Labor Market Outcomes: An Application of Genetic Instrumental Variables
Petri Böckerman, John Cawley, Jutta Viinikainen, Terho Lehtimäki, Suvi Rovio, Ilkka Seppälä, Jaakko Pehkonen, Olli Raitakari
published in: Health Economics, 2019, 28 (1), 65-77
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9052
Prepregnancy Obesity and Birth Outcomes
Susan L. Averett, Erin K. Fletcher
published in: Maternal and Child Health Journal, 2016, 20(3), 655-664.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8936
Heterogeneity in Spousal Matching Models
Jason M. Fletcher, Norma Padrón
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8637
Is the BMI a Relic of the Past?
Wang-Sheng Lee
revised version published as 'Body Fatness Charts Based on BMI and Waist Circumference" in: Obesity, 2016, 24 (1), 245–249
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8528
Peer Effects on Childhood and Adolescent Obesity in China
Peng Nie, Alfonso Sousa-Poza, Xiaobo He
published in: China Economic Review, 2015, 35, 47-69
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8527
Attractiveness, Anthropometry or Both? Their Relationship and Role in Economic Research
Sonia Oreffice, Climent Quintana-Domeque
revised version published as 'Beauty, Body Size and Wages: Evidence from a Unique Data Set ' in: Economics and Human Biology, 2016, 22, 24-34.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7512
The Effect of Sorority Membership on Eating Disorders and Body Mass Index
Susan L. Averett, Sabrina Terrizzi, Yang Wang
published in: Health economics, 2017, 26(7), 875-891.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7465
Food Prices and Body Fatness among Youths
Michael Grossman, Erdal Tekin, Roy Wada
revised version published in: Economics and Human Biology, 2014, 12, 4-19
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7424
Stature and Life-Time Labor Market Outcomes: Accounting for Unobserved Differences
Petri Böckerman, Jari Vainiomäki
published in: Labour Economics, 2013, 24 (1), 86-96
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7213
The Demand for Cigarettes as Derived from the Demand for Weight Control
John Cawley, Stephanie von Hinke Kessler Scholder
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