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102 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17617
Soda Taxes, BMI and Obesity: Evidence from Seattle
James Flynn, Anja Gruber
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17390
Are Vegetable Seed Oils Fueling the Obesity Epidemic?
Tyler Ransom
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17292
Heterogeneity in Peer Effects of Obesity
Kiersten Strombotne, Sophia Day, Kevin Konty, Jason M. Fletcher
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16311
What Does Job Applicants' Body Art Signal to Employers?
Stijn Baert, Jolien Herregods, Philippe Sterkens
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2024, 217, 742 - 755
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16302
C-Sections, Obesity, and Health-Care Specialization: Evidence from Mexico
Catalina Herrera-Almanza, Fernanda Marquez-Padilla, Silvia Prina
published in: World Bank Economic Review, 2024, 38 (1), 139 - 160
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16119
Weight, Attractiveness, and Gender When Hiring: A Field Experiment in Spain
Catarina Goulão, Juan A. Lacomba, Francisco Miguel Lagos, Dan-Olof Rooth
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2024, 218, 132-145
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16109
Swallow This: Childhood and Adolescent Exposure to Fast Food Restaurants, BMI, and Cognitive Ability
Sara Abrahamsson, Aline Bütikofer, Krzysztof Karbownik
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15612
Does College Selectivity Reduce Obesity? A Partial Identification Approach
Giorgio Brunello, Dimitris Christelis, Anna Sanz-de-Galdeano, Anastasia Terskaya
published in: Health Economics, 2024, 33 (10), 2306-2320
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15490
The Effect of Health Insurance on Child Nutritional Outcomes. Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Design in Peru
Noelia Bernal, Joan Costa-Font, Patricia Ritter
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15380
A Model of Errors in BMI Based on Self-Reported and Measured Anthropometrics with Evidence from Brazilian Data
Apostolos Davillas, Victor Hugo de Oliveira, Andrew M. Jones
revised version published in: Empirical Economics, 2024, 67, 2371–2410
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15297
The Effect of Higher Education on Women's Obesity and Smoking: Evidence from College Openings in Turkey
Badi H. Baltagi, Alfonso Flores-Lagunes, Haci M. Karatas
published in: Economic Modelling, 2023, 123, 106-286.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14987
Self-Control and Unhealthy Body Weight: The Role of Impulsivity and Restraint
Deborah A. Cobb-Clark, Sarah C. Dahmann, Daniel A. Kamhöfer, Hannah Schildberg-Hörisch
published in: Economics & Human Biology, 2023, 50, 101263
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14935
Uncovering the Roots of Obesity-Based Wage Discrimination: The Role of Job Characteristics
Juan J. Dolado, Airam Guerra
published in: Labour Economics, 2023, 85, 102425
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14246
The Long-Run Effects of Sports Club Vouchers for Primary School Children
Jan Marcus, Thomas Siedler, Nicolas R. Ziebarth
published in: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2022, 14 (3), 128-165
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13915
Economic Preferences and Obesity: Evidence from a Clinical Lab-in-Field Experiment
Chiara Pastore, Stefanie Schurer, Agnieszka Tymula, Nicholas Fuller, Ian Caterson
published in: Health Economics, 2023, 32 (9), 2147-2167
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13903
Can Unearned Income Make Us Fitter? Evidence from Lottery Wins
Joan Costa-Font, Mario Gyori
published as 'Income Windfalls and Overweight Evidence from Lottery Wins' in: Empirical Economics, 2023, 64, 2005–2026
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13687
The Weight of Patriarchy? Gender Obesity Gaps in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
Joan Costa-Font, Mario Gyori
published in: Social Science and Medicine, 220, 266, 113353
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
revised version published in: PLoS ONE, 2020, 15 (9), e0239067.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13308
Biased Health Perceptions and Risky Health Behaviors: Theory and Evidence
Patrick Arni, Davide Dragone, Lorenz Götte, Nicolas R. Ziebarth
published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2021, 76, 102425
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13088
Chain Restaurant Calorie Posting Laws, Obesity, and Consumer Welfare
Charles Courtemanche, David E. Frisvold, David Jimenez-Gomez, Mariétou H. Ouayogodé, Michael Price
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12899
Time Spent Exercising and Obesity: An Application of Lewbel's Instrumental Variables Method
Charles Courtemanche, Joshua C. Pinkston, Jay Stewart
published in: Economics & Human Biology, 2021, 41, 100940
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. 12677
Weight Gains from Trade in Foods: Evidence from Mexico
Osea Giuntella, Matthias Rieger, Lorenzo Rotunno
published in: Journal of International Economics, 2020, 122, 103277
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12617
The Effects of the Affordable Care Act on Workplace Absenteeism of Overweight and Obese Workers
Ethan Grumstrup, Md. Mobarak Hossain, Sankar Mukhopadhyay, Olga Shapoval
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12539
How Do Parents Respond to Regulation of Sugary Drinks in Child Care? Evidence from California
Jiafei Hu, Rigissa Megalokonomou, Haishan Yuan
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2020, 178, 672-687
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12376
An Analysis of Beverage Size Restrictions
Brian A. Bourquard, Steven Y. Wu
published in: American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2020, 102 (1), 169-185
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12332
The Effect of Education on Health: Evidence from the 1997 Compulsory Schooling Reform in Turkey
Badi H. Baltagi, Alfonso Flores-Lagunes, Haci M. Karatas
published in: Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2019, 17, 205-221
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12296
The Effect of Air Pollution on Body Weight and Obesity: Evidence from China
Olivier Deschenes, Huixia Wang, Si Wang, Peng Zhang
published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2020, 145, 102461
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11770
Is Good Health Contagious? The Impact of BMI Environment on Individual BMI
Caitlin McKennie, Laura M. Argys, Andrew I. Friedson
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11702
Working Times and Overweight: Tight Schedules, Weaker Fitness?
Joan Costa-Font, Belen Saenz de Miera Juarez
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11468
Effects of the Affordable Care Act on Health Behaviors after Three Years
Charles Courtemanche, James Marton, Benjamin Ukert, Aaron Yelowitz, Daniela Zapata
published in: INQUIRY: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing, 2018, 55
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11412
Estimating the Associations between SNAP and Food Insecurity, Obesity, and Food Purchases with Imperfect Administrative Measures of Participation
Charles Courtemanche, Augustine Denteh, Rusty Tchernis
published in: Southern Economic Journal, 2019, 86 (1), 202 228
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11336
Parental Beliefs about Returns to Child Health Investments
Pietro Biroli, Teodora Boneva, Akash Raja, Christopher Rauh
published in: Journal of Econometrics, 2022, 231 (1), 33 - 57
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10954
'Rational Overeating' in a Feast-or-Famine World: Economic Insecurity and the Obesity Epidemic
Trenton G. Smith, Steven Stillman, Stuart Craig
published in: Southern Economic Journal, 2024, 90 (3), 634 - 655
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10775
Body-Weight and Women's Hours of Work: More Evidence That Marriage Markets Matter
Shoshana Grossbard, Sankar Mukhopadhyay
published as 'Marriage markets as explanation for why heavier people work more hours' in: IZA Journal of Labor Economics, 2017, 6(1), 9.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10739
Parental Work Hours and Childhood Obesity: Evidence Using Instrumental Variables Related to Sibling School Eligibility
Charles Courtemanche, Rusty Tchernis, Xilin Zhou
published as 'Maternal Work Hours and Childhood Obesity: Evidence Using Instrumental Variables Related to Sibling School Eligibility' in: Journal of Human Capital, 2019, 13 (4), 553 - 584
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10650
Knowing Is Not Half the Battle: Impacts of the National Health Screening Program in Korea
Hyuncheol Bryant Kim, Suejin Lee, Wilfredo Lim
published in:: Journal of Health Economics, 2019, 65, 1 - 14
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10649
Early Effects of the Affordable Care Act on Health Care Access, Risky Health Behaviors, and Self-Assessed Health
Charles Courtemanche, James Marton, Benjamin Ukert, Aaron Yelowitz, Daniela Zapata
published in: Southern Economic Journal, 2018, 84 (3), 660 - 691
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10620
Health and Body Mass Index: No Simple Relationship
Olaf Hübler
revised version published as 'Health and weight - gender-specific linkages under heterogeneity, interdependence and resilience factors' in: Economic and Human Biology, 2017, 26, 96-111
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. 9773
If You Don't Snooze You Lose: Evidence on Health and Weight
Osea Giuntella, Fabrizio Mazzonna
published in: Journal of Health Economics,2019, 65: 210-226
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9682
Soda Taxes and the Prices of Sodas and Other Drinks: Evidence from Mexico
Jeffrey Grogger
published in: American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2017, 99 (2), 481-498
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9608
The Relationship between Maternal Pre-Pregnancy BMI and Preschool Obesity
Susan L. Averett, Erin K. Fletcher
published in: Applied Demography and Public Health in the 21st Century (pp. 201-219). 2017. Springer International Publishing.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9608
The Relationship between Maternal Pre-Pregnancy BMI and Preschool Obesity
Susan L. Averett, Erin K. Fletcher
published in: Applied Demography and Public Health in the 21st Century (pp. 201-219). 2017. Springer International Publishing.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9335
Earmarking and the Political Support of Fat Taxes
Helmuth Cremer, Catarina Goulão, Kerstin Roeder
published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2016, 50, 258-267.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9172
Healthy(?), Wealthy, and Wise: Birth Order and Adult Health
Sandra E. Black, Paul J. Devereux, Kjell G. Salvanes
published in: Economics and Human Biology, 2016, 23, 27 - 45
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9087
Peer Effects, Fast Food Consumption and Adolescent Weight Gain
Bernard Fortin, Myra Yazbeck
published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2015, 42, 125-138
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. 9051
Peer Effects on Obesity in a Sample of European Children
Wencke Gwozdz, Alfonso Sousa-Poza, Lucia A. Reisch, Karin Bammann, Gabriele Eiben, Yiannis Kourides, Eva Kovács, Fabio Lauria, Kenn Konstabel, Alba M. Santaliestra-Pasias, Krishna Vyncke, Iris Pigeot
published in: Economics and Human Biology, 2015, 18, 139–152
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