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The consequences of measurement error when estimating the impact of obesity on income
O'Neill, Donal; Sweetman, Olive B. - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 2 (2013), pp. 1-20
This paper examines the consequences of using self-reported measures of BMI when estimating the effect of BMI on income for women using both Irish and US data. We find that self-reported BMI is subject to substantial measurement error and that this error deviates from classical measurement...
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The consequences of measurement error when estimating the impact of BMI on labour market outcomes
O'Neill, Donal; Sweetman, Olive B. - 2012
This paper uses data on both self-reported and true measures of individual Body Mass Index (BMI) to examine the nature of measurement error in self-reported BMI and to look at the consequences of using self-reported measures when estimating the effect of BMI on economic outcomes. In keeping with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010289965
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The Consequences of Measurement Error When Estimating the Impact of BMI on Labour Market Outcomes
O'Neill, Donal - 2012
This paper uses data on both self-reported and true measures of individual Body Mass Index (BMI) to examine the nature of measurement error in self-reported BMI and to look at the consequences of using self-reported measures when estimating the effect of BMI on economic outcomes. In keeping with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013097857
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The consequences of measurement error when estimating the impact of BMI on labour market outcomes
O'Neill, Donal; Sweetman, Olive B. - 2012
. -- obesity ; non-classical measurement error ; auxiliary data ; instrumental variables …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009665420
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Estimating Obesity Rates in the Presence of Measurement Error
O'Neill, Donal - 2014
Reliable measures of obesity are essential in order to develop effective policies to tackle the costs of obesity. In … this paper we examine what, if anything, we can learn about obesity rates using self-reported BMI once we allow for … data to derive upper and lower bounds for the population obesity rate for ten European countries.For men it is possible to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013064297
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Estimating obesity rates in the presence of measurement error
O'Neill, Donal; Sweetman, Olive B. - 2013
Reliable measures of obesity are essential in order to develop effective policies to tackle the costs of obesity. In … this paper we examine what, if anything, we can learn about obesity rates using self-reported BMI once we allow for … data to derive upper and lower bounds for the population obesity rate for ten European countries. For men it is possible to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009721319
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Estimating obesity rates in the presence of measurement error
O'Neill, Donal; Sweetman, Olive B. - 2013
Reliable measures of obesity are essential in order to develop effective policies to tackle the costs of obesity. In … this paper we examine what, if anything, we can learn about obesity rates using self-reported BMI once we allow for … data to derive upper and lower bounds for the population obesity rate for ten European countries. For men it is possible to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293144
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Changes in BMI in a cohort of Irish children : some decompositions and counterfactuals
Madden, David - 2018
This paper examines the change in body mass index for a cohort of Irish children as they aged from 9 to 13 and decomposes the change into parts attributable to changes in observable characteristics and changes in returns to observable characteristics. The decomposition is carried out over the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011793250
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The causal impact of mental health on tobacco and alcohol consumption : an instrumental variables approach
Mitrou, Francis; Ha Trong Nguyen; Le, Huong Thu; … - 2023
The reciprocal relationship between psychiatric and substance use disorders is well-known, yet it remains largely unknown whether mental health morbidity causally leads to addictive behaviours. This paper utilises a fixed effects instrumental variables model, which is identified by time-varying...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014332029
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The causal impact of mental health on tobacco and alcohol consumption: An instrumental variables approach
Mitrou, Francis; Nguyen, Ha Trong; Le, Huong Thu; … - 2023
The reciprocal relationship between psychiatric and substance use disorders is well-known, yet it remains largely unknown whether mental health morbidity causally leads to addictive behaviours. This paper utilises a fixed effects instrumental variables model, which is identified by time-varying...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014319983