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Food Price Policies and the Distribution of Body Mass Index : Theory and Empirical Evidence from France
Etile, Fabrice - 2009
price of fruit and vegetables in brine by 10% would decrease the prevalence of overweight and obesity by 24% and 33 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012720237
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COVID-19 vaccination mandates and vaccine uptake
Karajvanov, Alexander K.; Kim, Dongwoo; Lu, Shih En; … - 2021
We evaluate the impact of government mandated proof of vaccination requirements for access to public venues and non-essential businesses on COVID-19 vaccine uptake. We find that the announcement of a mandate is associated with a rapid and significant surge in new vaccinations (more than 60%...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012795392
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COVID-19 Vaccination Mandates and Vaccine Uptake
Karaivanov, Alexander; Kim, Dongwoo; Lu, Shih En; … - 2022
We evaluate the impact of government-mandated proof of vaccination requirements for access to public venues and non-essential businesses on COVID-19 vaccine uptake. We find that the announcement of a mandate is associated with a rapid and significant surge in new vaccinations (more than 60%...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013323013
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COVID-19 Vaccination Mandates and Vaccine Uptake
Karaivanov, Alexander; Kim, Dongwoo; Lu, Shih En; … - 2022
We evaluate the impact of government mandated proof of vaccination requirements for access to public venues and non-essential businesses on COVID-19 vaccine uptake. We find that the announcement of a mandate is associated with a rapid and significant surge in new vaccinations (more than 60%...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014083966
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Do soda taxes affect the consumption and health of school-aged children? : evidence from France and Hungary
Gangl, Selina - 2021 - Revised version
This paper examines the effect of two different soda taxes on consumption behaviour and health of school-aged children in Europe: Hungary imposed a Public Health Product Tax (PHPT) on several unhealthy products in 2011. France introduced solely a soda tax, containing sugar or artificial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012670748
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Do soda taxes affect the consumption and health of school-aged children? : evidence from France and Hungary
Gangl, Selina - 2020
This paper examines the effect of soda taxes on the consumption behaviour and health of school-aged children in Europe: Hungary imposed a "Public Health Product Tax" on several unhealthy products including sodas in 2011. France introduced solely a tax on sodas, containing sugar or artificial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012426921
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Parents' education and child body weight in France : the trajectory of the gradient in the early years
Apouey, Bénédicte H.; Geoffard, Pierre-Yves - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011671488
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Funding Through French Fries : A Legislative Solution to the Child Obesity Problem
Bach, Ryan Keith - 2014
This legislative solution to the increasingly prevalent problem of obesity focuses on preventive intervention at the … public school level. Obesity is a preventable multi-million/billion dollar problem in both the State of Illinois and the … immediately consumable foodstuffs to subsidize programs which aim to reduce the incidence of child obesity. The aim of this tax is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014195140
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Children and Parents Time Use : Empirical Evidence on Investment in Human Capital in France, Italy and Germany
Cardoso, Ana Rute; Fontainha, Elsa; Monfardini, Chiara - 2021
We analyze a mechanism that has been disregarded in the literature on parental investment in children, as little attention has been devoted to the choices made by children themselves. We model directly time use by youngsters into activities related to the acquisition of human capital,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013324799
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Evaluating the effect of ownership status on hospital quality: The key role of innovative procedures
Gobillon, Laurent; Milcent, Carine - 2012
Mortality differences between university, non-teaching public and for-profit hospitals are investigated using a French exhaustive administrative dataset on patients admitted for heart attack. Our results show that innovative procedures play a key role in explaining the effect of ownership status...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291430