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Working Papers

2009

1. Differences in the U.S. Trends in the Prevalence of Obesity Based on Body Mass Index and Skinfold Thickness
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
2. Outcomes in a Program that Offers Financial Rewards for Weight Loss
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2008

3. Obesity and Developmental Functioning Among Children Aged 2-4 Years
   SOEPpapers, DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP)
   Also in Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research (2008)
4. Obesity and Skill Attainment in Early Childhood
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
   See also Journal Article in Economics and Human Biology (2008)
5. The Ability of Various Measures of Fatness to Predict Application for Disability Insurance
   Working Papers, University of Michigan, Michigan Retirement Research Center
6. The Impact of Income on the Weight of Elderly Americans
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
7. U.S. Agricultural Policy and Obesity
   2008 Annual Meeting, July 27-29, 2008, Orlando, Florida, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

2007

8. Maternal Employment and Childhood Obesity: A Search for Mechanisms in Time Use Data
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
9. Mechanisms for the Association Between Maternal Employment and Child Cognitive Development
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

2006

10. Beyond BMI: The Value of More Accurate Measures of Fatness and Obesity in Social Science Research
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Health Economics (2008)
11. Contingent Valuation Analysis of Willingness to Pay To Reduce Childhood Obesity
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in Economics and Human Biology (2008)
12. Nutrition Labels and Obesity
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
13. The Importance of Objective Health Measures in Predicting Early Receipt of Social Security Benefits: The Case of Fatness
    Working Papers, University of Michigan, Michigan Retirement Research Center View citations

2005

14. The Competitive Effects of Drug Withdrawals
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
15. The Impact of State Physical Education Requirements on Youth Physical Activity and Overweight
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in Health Economics (2007)

2004

16. Factor Substitution and Unobserved Factor Quality in Nursing Homes
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
17. Obesity as a Barrier to the Transition from Welfare to Work
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
18. Obesity, Disability, and Movement Onto the Disability Insurance Rolls
    Working Papers, University of Michigan, Michigan Retirement Research Center View citations

2003

19. Health Insurance Coverage and the Macroeconomy
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Health Economics (2005)
20. Lighting Up and Slimming Down: The Effects of Body Weight and Cigarette Prices on Adolescent Smoking Initiation
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Health Economics (2004)

2002

21. A Guide (and Advice) for Economists on the U. S. Junior Academic Job Market
    Labor and Demography, EconWPA View citations

2000

22. Body Weight and Women's Labor Market Outcomes
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

1998

23. Meritocracy in America: An Examination of Wages Within and Across Occupations
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
24. Understanding the Role of Cognitive Ability in Accounting for the Recent Rise in the Economic Return to Education
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

1997

25. An Empirical Examination of Information Barriers to Trade inInsurance
    University of Chicago - George G. Stigler Center for Study of Economy and State, Chicago - Center for Study of Economy and State View citations
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1996) View citations
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (1999)

1996

26. Cognitive Ability, Wages, and Meritocracy
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

Journal Articles

2009

1. Obesity and labor market outcomes among legal immigrants to the United States from developing countries
   Economics and Human Biology, 2009, 7, (2), 153-164

2008

2. Beyond BMI: The value of more accurate measures of fatness and obesity in social science research
   Journal of Health Economics, 2008, 27, (2), 519-529 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2006)
3. Contingent valuation analysis of willingness to pay to reduce childhood obesity
   Economics and Human Biology, 2008, 6, (2), 281-292
   See also Working Paper (2006)
4. Obesity and skill attainment in early childhood
   Economics and Human Biology, 2008, 6, (3), 388-397 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2008)
5. The production of published research by U.S. academic health economists
   International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics, 2008, 8, (2), 87-111 View citations
6. US health economists: who we are and what we do
   Health Economics, 2008, 17, (4), 535-543 View citations

2007

7. THE CORRELATION OF YOUTH PHYSICAL ACTIVITY WITH STATE POLICIES
   Contemporary Economic Policy, 2007, 25, (4), 506-517 View citations
8. The earnings of U.S. health economists
   Journal of Health Economics, 2007, 26, (2), 358-372 View citations
9. The impact of state physical education requirements on youth physical activity and overweight
   Health Economics, 2007, 16, (12), 1287-1301 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2005)

2006

10. Factor substitution in nursing homes
    Journal of Health Economics, 2006, 25, (2), 234-247
11. Obesity, Cigarette Prices, Youth Access Laws, and Adolescent Smoking Initiation
    Eastern Economic Journal, 2006, 32, (1), 149-170

2005

12. A Comparison of the Relationship between Obesity and Earnings in the U.S. and Germany
    Schmollers Jahrbuch : Journal of Applied Social Science Studies / Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften, 2005, 125, (1), 119-129 View citations
13. HMO Participation in Medicare+Choice
    Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 2005, 14, (3), 543-574 View citations
14. Health insurance coverage and the macroeconomy
    Journal of Health Economics, 2005, 24, (2), 299-315 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2003)
15. Welfare Reform and the Health Insurance Coverage of Women and Children
    Forum for Health Economics & Policy, 2005, 8, (1), 1012-1012 View citations
    See also Chapter (2005)

2004

16. Lighting up and slimming down: the effects of body weight and cigarette prices on adolescent smoking initiation
    Journal of Health Economics, 2004, 23, (2), 293-311 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2003)
17. The Impact of Obesity on Wages
    Journal of Human Resources, 2004, 39, (2) View citations

2003

18. The Impact of Macroeconomic Conditions on the Health Insurance Coverage of Americans
    Forum for Health Economics & Policy, 2003, 6, (1), 1047-1047 View citations
    See also Chapter (2003)

2002

19. CMS Payments Necessary to Support HMO Participation in Medicare Managed Care
    Forum for Health Economics & Policy, 2002, 5, (1), 1027-1027 View citations
    See also Chapter (2002)

2001

20. The Effect of Managed Care Penetration on Treatment Patterns
    Journal of Legal Studies, 2001, 30, (2), 743-51
21. Three observations on wages and measured cognitive ability
    Labour Economics, 2001, 8, (4), 419-442 View citations

1999

22. An Empirical Examination of Information Barriers to Trade in Insurance
    American Economic Review, 1999, 89, (4), 827-846 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1997)
23. On Policies To Reward The Value Added By Educators
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1999, 81, (4), 720-727 View citations

Chapters

2005

1. Welfare Reform and the Health Insurance Coverage of Women and Children
   A chapter in Frontiers in Health Policy Research, Volume 8, 2005 View citations
   See also Journal Article in Forum for Health Economics & Policy (2005)

2003

2. The Impact of Macroeconomic Conditions on the Health Insurance Coverage of Americans
   A chapter in Frontiers in Health Policy Research, Volume 6, 2003, pp 87-114 View citations
   See also Journal Article in Forum for Health Economics & Policy (2003)

2002

3. CMS Payments Necessary to Support HMO Participation in Medicare Managed Care
   A chapter in Frontiers in Health Policy Research, Volume 5, 2002, pp 1-26
   See also Journal Article in Forum for Health Economics & Policy (2002)