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" Economic aspects of obesity / "
edited by Michael Grossman and Naci Mocan
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BL
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596662
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b425881
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Economic aspects of obesity /\ edited by Michael Grossman and Naci Mocan
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| Publication Statement
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Chicago ;London :: The University of Chicago Press,, c2011
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National Bureau of Economic Research conference report
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394 p. :: ill. ;; 24 cm
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9780226310091
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: 0226310094
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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| Contents
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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
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Obesity-- economics-- United States, Congresses
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Body Mass Index-- United States, Congresses
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Data Collection-- methods-- United States, Congresses
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Models, Statistical-- United States, Congresses
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Socioeconomic Factors-- United States, Congresses
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RA645.O23E26 2011
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Grossman, Michael,1942-
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Mocan, H. Naci
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