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| Huffman, Sonya Kostova; Rizov, Marian. |
| This paper estimates the impacts of weight, measured by body mass index (BMI), on employment, wages, and missed work due to illness for Russian adults by gender using recent panel data (1994-2005) from the nationally representative Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey (RLMS). We employ econometric techniques to control for unobserved heterogeneity and potential biases due to endogeneity in BMI. The results show an inverted U-shaped effect of BMI on probability of employment for men and women. We did not find evidence of wage penalty for higher BMI. In fact, the wages for overweigh men are higher. However, having a BMI above 28.3 increases the number of days missing work due to health problems for men. Overall, we find negative effects of obesity on... |
| Tipo: Presentation |
Palavras-chave: BMI; Obesity; Labour market outcomes; Russia; Health Economics and Policy; Labor and Human Capital. |
| Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123539 |
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| Quisumbing, Agnes R.. |
| This paper reviews the econometric evidence on gender differences in agricultural productivity. It provides a methodological overview and a critique of (1) production function-based estimates of technical and labor productivity differences by gender, (2) individual (gender-disaggregated) labor supply and earnings functions and (3) studies of the determinants of technological adoption. The review finds that (1) in general, male and female farmers are equally efficient as farm managers. Women farmers' lower yields are attributable to lower levels of inputs and human capital than men. However, the use of coefficients estimated from these studies for simulation exercises may not be valid if endogenous input choice is not considered; (2) returns to schooling... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Health Economics and Policy; Labor and Human Capital; Productivity Analysis. |
| Ano: 1995 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42675 |
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| Zhang, Linxiu; Wang, H. Holly; Rozelle, Scott; Yan, Yuanyuan. |
| Although health is an important factor in economic development, millions of China's rural residents have no medical coverage. Nearly 10 percent of those that were sick in rural China consciously did not seek medical care, mostly because of financial constraints. More than 25% of rural residents are dissatisfied with their village's health system. In response to this deteriorating situation, a new cooperative medical system (NCMS) was initialized in rural China in 2003 by the government. However, after two years of trials, there has been no household-based, economic analysis of the program. This paper provides one of the first. Although where introduced, most rural residents voluntarily participate, there are many problems with the program. First, at least... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Rural Health; Insurance; Targeting; Design Problems; China; Health Economics and Policy; I11; O15; O53. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25586 |
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| Currie, Janet; DellaVigna, Stefano; Moretti, Enrico; Pathania, Vikram. |
| We investigate the health consequences of changes in the supply of fast food using the exact geographical location of fast food restaurants. Specifically, we ask how the supply of fast food affects the obesity rates of 3 million school children and the weight gain of over 1 million pregnant women. We find that among 9th grade children, a fast food restaurant within a tenth of a mile of a school is associated with at least a 5.2 percent increase in obesity rates. There is no discernable effect at .25 miles and at .5 miles. Among pregnant women, models with mother fixed effects indicate that a fast food restaurant within a half mile of her residence results in a 2.5 percent increase in the probability of gaining over 20 kilos. The effect is larger, but... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Health Economics and Policy. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47830 |
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| On October 1, 2007, The Food Industry Center presented its Fall Symposium, “The Future and Practice of Healthy Foods.” Leaders from the food industry, academia, and the public sector discussed sustainable and healthy food systems, and the efforts currently underway to make the food supply system in the United States safer, healthier, less wasteful, more sensitive to the environment, and more egalitarian. |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Health Economics and Policy. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47508 |
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| Miller, Gay Y.; Liu, Xuanli; McNamara, Paul E.; Bush, Eric J.. |
| Antibiotics have been used by pig producers for several decades, and are now used routinely. This study documents the current productivity and economic impacts of the use of antibiotics for growth promotion (AGP) by pig grower/finishers at the farm level. We evaluate the impacts of an AGP ban, and use of AGP by all pig grower/finishers for 61S90 days (a more production-efficient level), using data from the National Animal Health Monitoring System Swine 2000 Survey. Findings indicate that pig productivity improves with AGP. Relative to current use, an AGP ban would decrease producer profits by $1,400 per 1,020-head barn, and profits would increase by $1,992 for each grower/finisher barn when AGP is fed for 61 to 90 days. There is increasing concern about... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Antibiotics; Antimicrobial resistance; Growth promotion; Pigs; Production; Agricultural and Food Policy; Health Economics and Policy; Livestock Production/Industries. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59680 |
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