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Association of a genetic risk score with BMI along the life-cycle: evidence from several US cohorts

Sanz de Galdeano, Anna; Terskaya, Anastasia; Upegui, Angie - 2020

We use data from the The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health and from the Health and Retirement Study to explore how the the effect of individuals' genetic predisposition to higher BMI - measured by BMI polygenic scores - changes over the life-cycle for several cohorts. We...

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Not only in my genes : the effects of peers' genotype on obesity

Brunello, Giorgio; Sanz de Galdeano, Anna; Terskaya, … - 2019

predisposition to high BMI - measured by grade-mates' average BMI polygenic scores - on adolescent and adult obesity in the U.S. We … probability of obesity for females by 2.8 percentage points, about half the size of the effect induced by a one standard deviation …

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Not Only in My Genes: The Effects of Peers' Genotype on Obesity

Brunello, Giorgio; Sanz-de-Galdeano, Anna; Terskaya, … - 2019

predisposition to high BMI – measured by grade-mates' average BMI polygenic scores – on adolescent and adult obesity in the U.S. We … probability of obesity for females by 2.8 percentage points, about half the size of the effect induced by a one standard deviation …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012179956

Not only in my genes : the effects of peers' genotype on obesity

Brunello, Giorgio; Sanz de Galdeano, Anna; Terskaya, … - In: Journal of health economics 72 (2020), pp. 1-19

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The medical care costs of obesity: An instrumental variables approach

Cawley, John; Meyerhoefer, Chad - In: Journal of Health Economics 31 (2012) 1, pp. 219-230

This paper is the first to use the method of instrumental variables (IV) to estimate the impact of obesity on medical … genetic variation in weight as a natural experiment, yields estimates of the impact of obesity on medical costs that are … considerably higher than the estimates reported in the previous literature. For example, obesity is associated with $656 higher …

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Finite Mixture for Panels with Fixed Effects

Deb, Partha; Trivedi, Pravin - Department of Economics, Hunter College - 2011

This paper develops finite mixture models with fixed effects for two families of distributions for which the incidental parameter problem has a solution. Analytical results are provided for mixtures of Normals and mixtures of Poisson. We provide algorithms based on the expectations-maximization...

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The relationship between forgone health care and high school dropout

Migali, Giuseppe; Zucchelli, Eugenio - Department of Economics, Management School - 2014

High school dropout is an important policy issue and its determinants are a longstanding interest of economics. However, very little is known on the roles of noncognitive traits in influencing school dropout decisions. We employ voluntary forgone health care as a proxy for the underlying...

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The Relationship between Forgone Health Care and High School Dropout: Evidence from US Adolescents

Migali, G; Zucchelli, E - Department of Economics and Related Studies, University … - 2015

High school dropout is an important policy issue and its determinants are a longstanding interest of economics. However, very little is known on the roles of noncognitive traits in influencing school dropoutdecisions. We employ voluntary forgone health care as a proxy for the underlying...

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The Invisible Burden Gender Disparities and Their Cascading Impact on NCD Risks in Bangladeshi Women

Afroze, Farhana - 2024

Introduction: Bangladesh symbolizes how systematic gender bias impairs women's health. Economic instability, violence, mental health issues, and environmental vulnerability are all interconnected issues that exacerbate the socio-economic challenges women face in their day-to-day lives....

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The Effect of Survivors’ Benefits on Poverty and Health Status of Widowed Women: A Turkish Case Study

Giovanis, Eleftherios; Ozdamar, Oznur - 2016

This study examines the effects of survivor benefits on widowed women’s’ health status and wealth using the Income and Living Conditions Survey (ILCS) in Turkey during the period 2006-2012. A structural Equation Modelling (SEM) is applied, where the causal assumptions from survivor benefits...

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