عنوان

Economic aspects of obesity /

(Number (ISBN

0226310094

(Number (ISBN

9780226310091

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Title Proper

Economic aspects of obesity /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

edited by Michael Grossman and Naci Mocan

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

394 pages :

Other Physical Details

illustrations ;

Dimensions

24 cm

Series Title

National Bureau of Economic Research conference report

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Text of Note

Introduction / Michael Grossman and Naci Mocan -- The impact of minimum wage rates on body weight in the United States / David O. Meltzer and Zhuo Chen -- Does health insurance make you fat? / Jay Bhattacharya, M. Kate Bundorf, Noemi Pace, and Neeraj Sood -- Food prices and the dynamics of body weight / Dana Goldman, Darius Lakdawalla, and Yuhui Zheng -- Outcomes in a program that offers financial rewards for weight loss / John Cawley and Joshua A. Price -- Economic contextual factors and child body mass index -- Lisa M. Powell and Frank J. Chaloupka -- The relationship between perceptions of neighborhood characteristics and obesity among children / Bisakha Sen, Stephen Mennemeyer, and Lisa C. Gary -- Studying the child obesity epidemic with natural experiments / Robert Sandy, Gilbert Liu, John Ottensmann, Rusty Tchernis, Jeff Wilson, and O.T. Ford -- Food stamp program and consumption choices / Neeraj Kaushal and Qin Gao -- Physical activity: economic and policy factors / Melayne M. McInnes and Judith A. Shinogle -- Effects of weight on adolescent educational attainment / Robert Kaestner, Michael Grossman, and Benjamin Yarnoff -- Where does the wage penalty bite? / Christian A. Gregory and Christopher J. Ruhm -- Obesity, self-esteem, and wages / Naci Mocan and Erdal Tekin

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Obesity-- Economic aspects, Congresses

Grossman, Michael,1942-

Mocan, H. Naci

Date of Transaction

20120209085132.0

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Electronic name

[Book]

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