Economic Aspects of Obesity
Michael Grossman and Naci H. Mocan, editors
Conference held November 10-11, 2008
Published in April 2011 by University of Chicago Press
© 2011 by the National Bureau of Economic Research
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394 pages
ISBN: 0-226-31009-4
Table of Contents
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Front matter, table of contents:
Michael Grossman, Naci H. Mocan
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Introduction:
Michael Grossman, Naci H. Mocan
(p. 1 - 16)
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The Impact of Minimum Wage Rates on Body Weight in the United States:
David O. Meltzer, Zhuo Chen
(p. 17 - 34)
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Does Health Insurance Make You Fat?:
Jay Bhattacharya, M. Kate Bundorf, Noemi Pace, Neeraj Sood
(p. 35 - 64)
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Food Prices and the Dynamics of Body Weight:
Dana Goldman, Darius Lakdawalla, Yuhui Zheng
(p. 65 - 90)
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Outcomes in a Program that Offers Financial Rewards for Weight Loss:
John Cawley, Joshua A. Price
(p. 91 - 126)
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Economic Contextual Factors and Child Body Mass Index:
Lisa M. Powell, Frank J. Chaloupka
(p. 127 - 144)
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The Relationship between Perceptions of Neighborhood Characteristics and Obesity among Children:
Bisakha Sen, Stephen Mennemeyer, Lisa C. Gary
(p. 145 - 180)
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Studying the Child Obesity Epidemic with Natural Experiments:
Robert Sandy, Gilbert Liu, John Ottensmann, Rusty Tchernis, Jeff Wilson, O. T. Ford
(p. 181 - 221)
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Food Stamp Program and Consumption Choices:
Neeraj Kaushal, Qin Gao
(p. 223 - 247)
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Physical Activity: Economic and Policy Factors:
Melayne M. McInnes, Judith A. Shinogle
(p. 249 - 282)
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Effects of Weight on Adolescent Educational Attainment:
Robert Kaestner, Michael Grossman, Benjamin Yarnoff
(p. 283 - 313)
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Where Does the Wage Penalty Bite?:
Christian A. Gregory, Christopher J. Ruhm
(p. 315 - 347)
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Obesity, Self-Esteem and Wages:
Naci Mocan, Erdal Tekin
(p. 349 - 380)
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