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| Provedor de dados: |
AgEcon
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| País: |
United States
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| Título: |
PEER-EFFECTS IN OBESITY AMONG PUBLIC SCHOOL CHILDREN: A GRADE-LEVEL ANALYSIS
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| Autores: |
Asirvatham, Jebaraj
Nayga, Rodolfo M., Jr.
Thomsen, Michael R.
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| Data: |
2012-04-17
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| Ano: |
2012
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| Palavras-chave: |
Peer-effects
Obesity
Childhood obesity
Overweight
Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety
D10
D71
I10
Z13
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| Resumo: |
We examine the role of peer effects in childhood obesity outcomes by investigating whether obesity rates among the highest graders in a public school has an effect on obesity rates among younger grades. We use a panel dataset with obesity prevalence measured at the grade level. Our data are from Arkansas public schools. Results provide evidence that changes in the obesity prevalence at the highest grade are associated with changes in obesity prevalence at younger grades. The magnitude of the peer effect depends on the type of school, and we find statistically significant peer effects in both elementary and high schools but not in middle schools. These effects are also larger in high schools than in elementary schools. We use falsification tests to provide evidence that these peer effects are more than just a statistical correlation or an association.
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| Tipo: |
Presentation
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
http://purl.umn.edu/122732
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| Relação: |
Agricultural and Applied Economics Association>2012 AAEA/EAAE Food Environment Symposium
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| Formato: |
41
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