Economics & Human Biology

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Volume 18, issue C, 2015

Maternal pre-pregnancy BMI, gestational weight gain, and infant birth weight: A within-family analysis in the United States pp. 1-12

Ji Yan

The gender health gap in China: A decomposition analysis pp. 13-26

Hao Zhang, Bago d’Uva, Teresa and Eddy Van Doorslaer

Intergenerational health consequences of the 1959–1961 Great Famine on children in rural China pp. 27-40

Qiang Li and Lian An

Evaluating the impact of a school-based health intervention using a randomized field experiment pp. 41-56

Jane Greve and Eskil Heinesen

A discrete latent factor model for smoking, cancer and mortality pp. 57-73

Daniel Howdon and Andrew Jones

The effects of cancer on older workers in the English labour market pp. 74-84

David Candon

The impact of diabetes on employment in Mexico pp. 85-100

Till Seuring, Yevgeniy Goryakin and Marc Suhrcke

Growth and nutritional status of children from dysfunctional families with alcohol addicted parents in Poland pp. 101-109

Tomasz Hanć, Zbigniew Czapla, Anita Szwed, Magdalena Durda, Aleksandra Krotowska and Joachim Cieślik

The value of male height in the marriage market pp. 110-124

Kitae Sohn

The decline in BMI among Japanese women after World War II pp. 125-138

Shiko Maruyama and Sayaka Nakamura

Peer effects on obesity in a sample of European children pp. 139-152

Wencke Gwozdz, Alfonso Sousa-Poza, Lucia A. Reisch, Karin Bammann, Gabriele Eiben, Yiannis Kourides, Éva Kovács, Fabio Lauria, Kenn Konstabel, Alba M. Santaliestra-Pasias, Krishna Vyncke and Iris Pigeot

Auspicious birth dates among Chinese in California pp. 153-159

Douglas Almond, Christine Pal Chee, Maria Micaela Sviatschi and Nan Zhong

Volume 17, issue C, 2015

Risk aversion, time preference and health production: Theory and empirical evidence from Cambodia pp. 1-15

Matthias Rieger

Income deprivation and mental well-being: The role of non-cognitive skills pp. 16-28

Maite Blázquez Cuesta and Santiago Budria Rodriguez

The impact of non-economic damages caps on obstetrics: Incentives versus practice style pp. 29-41

Anca Cotet-Grecu

Obesity and health expenditures: Evidence from Australia pp. 42-58

Thomas C. Buchmueller and Meliyanni Johar

The stature of the self-employed and its relation with earnings and satisfaction pp. 59-74

Cornelius A. Rietveld, Jolanda Hessels and Peter van der Zwan

Impact of body mass on job quality pp. 75-85

Tae Hyun Kim and Euna Han

An information theory based framework for the measurement of population health pp. 86-103

Erik Nesson and Joshua Robinson

The role of physicians in promoting weight loss pp. 104-115

Joshua Berning

Measuring obesity in the absence of a gold standard pp. 116-128

O’Neill, Donal

Structural social capital and health in Italy pp. 129-142

Damiano Fiorillo and Fabio Sabatini

Long-term changes of socioeconomic differences in height among young adult men in Southern Sweden, 1818 - 1968 pp. 140-152

Stefan Öberg

Toward a quantitative theory of food consumption choices and body weight pp. 143-156

Sebastien Buttet and Veronika Dolar

Persistence in body mass index in a recent cohort of US children pp. 157-176

Daniel Millimet and Rusty Tchernis

Early life mortality and height in Indian states pp. 177-189

Diane Coffey

Does health education affect BMI? Evidence from a school-based randomised-control trial pp. 190-201

Toni Mora, Esteve Llargués and Assumpta Recasens

Differences in height by education among 371,105 Dutch military conscripts pp. 202-207

Ying Huang, Frans van Poppel and L.H. Lumey

The Impact of Obesity on Consumer Bankruptcy pp. 208-224

Mouhcine Guettabi and Abdul Munasib

Volume 16, issue C, 2015

The height premium in Indonesia pp. 1-15

Kitae Sohn

Height, aging and cognitive abilities across Europe pp. 16-29

Cahit Guven and Wang-Sheng Lee

Physical stature decline and the health status of the elderly population in England pp. 30-44

Alan Fernihough and Mark McGovern

Paid maternity leave and breastfeeding practice before and after California's implementation of the nation's first paid family leave program pp. 45-59

Rui Huang and Muzhe Yang

Decomposing socioeconomic inequalities in childhood obesity: Evidence from Ireland pp. 60-72

Brendan Walsh and John Cullinan

Daylight and absenteeism – Evidence from Norway pp. 73-80

Simen Markussen and Knut Røed

Combat exposure and migraine headache: Evidence from exogenous deployment assignment pp. 81-99

Resul Cesur, Joseph J. Sabia and Erdal Tekin

Trends in physical stature across socioeconomic groups of Chilean boys, 1880–1997 pp. 100-114

Javier Nunez and Graciela Pérez

The income body weight gradients in the developing economy of China pp. 115-134

Darjusch Tafreschi

Child health, its dynamic interaction with nutrition and health memory – Evidence from Senegal pp. 135-145

Matthias Rieger and Natascha Wagner

Volume 15, issue C, 2014

What money can buy: Family income and childhood obesity pp. 1-12

Young Jo

Breastfeeding and child disability: A comparison of siblings from the United States pp. 13-22

George L. Wehby

Decomposing race and gender differences in underweight and obesity in South Africa pp. 23-40

Susan Averett, Nicholas Stacey and Yang Wang

Are people consistent when trading time for health? pp. 41-46

Adam Oliver and Jonathan Wolff

Association between obesity and prescribed medication use in England pp. 47-55

Jonas Minet Kinge and Stephen Morris

Are chronic diseases related to height? Results from the Portuguese National Health Interview Survey pp. 56-66

Julian Perelman

Early-life environment and adult stature in Brazil: An analysis for cohorts born between 1950 and 1980 pp. 67-80

Victor Hugo de Oliveira and Climent Quintana-Domeque

The role of nutrition and genetics as key determinants of the positive height trend pp. 81-100

P. Grasgruber, J. Cacek, T. Kalina and M. Sebera

Determinants of height and biological inequality in Mediterranean Spain, 1859–1967 pp. 101-119

María-Isabel Ayuda and Javier Puche-Gil

Seasonality in birth defects, agricultural production and urban location pp. 120-128

Terra McKinnish, Daniel I. Rees and Peter H. Langlois

Optimal screening for genetic diseases pp. 129-139

Eric Nævdal

The effect of friend selection on social influences in obesity pp. 153-164

Justin Trogdon and Benjamin T. Allaire

Social capital and health: Evidence that ancestral trust promotes health among children of immigrants pp. 165-186

Martin Ljunge

Fetal growth and neurobehavioral outcomes in childhood pp. 187-200

Pinka Chatterji, Kajal Lahiri and Dohyung Kim

Financial hardship and obesity pp. 201-212

Susan Averett and Julie Smith

The effect of rising obesity on eligibility to serve in the U.S. public health service commissioned corps pp. 213-224

Johanna Maclean and John Cawley