Economics & Human Biology

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Volume 34, issue C, 2019

Decomposing adult obesity trends in China (1991–2011) pp. 5-15

Peng Nie, Lanlin Ding and Alfonso Sousa-Poza

Understanding recent trends in childhood obesity in the United States pp. 16-25

Patricia Anderson, Kristin Butcher and Diane Schanzenbach

Late 19th, early 20th century US, foreign-born body mass index values in the United States pp. 26-38

Scott Alan Carson

The price of ultra-processed foods and beverages and adult body weight: Evidence from U.S. veterans pp. 39-48

Lisa M. Powell, Kelly Jones, Ana Clara Duran, Elizabeth Tarlov and Shannon N. Zenk

Peer effects of obesity on child body composition pp. 49-57

Kiersten L. Strombotne, Jason Fletcher and Mark J. Schlesinger

How does body mass index affect economic growth? A comparative analysis of countries by levels of economic development pp. 58-73

Inas Kelly, Nadia Doytch and Dhaval Dave

Length of residence and obesity risk among North African immigrant women in Italy pp. 74-79

Stefania Toselli, Natascia Rinaldo and Emanuela Gualdi-Russo

The double burden of malnutrition among youth: Trajectories and inequalities in four emerging economies pp. 80-91

Whitney Schott, Elisabetta Aurino, Mary E. Penny and Jere Behrman

The biological wellbeing of the working-poor: The height of prisoners in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, 1885–1939* pp. 92-102

Ricardo Salvatore

Adult body height as a mediator between early-life conditions and socio-economic status: the case of the Dutch Potato Famine, 1846–1847 pp. 103-114

Kristina Thompson, Maarten Lindeboom and France Portrait

Do you have to be tall and educated to be a migrant? Evidence from Spanish recruitment records, 1890–1950 pp. 115-124

Dácil Juif and Gloria Quiroga

Inequality among industrial workers in the late 19th century United States pp. 125-137

Michael R. Haines

Health and wealth in the Roman Empire pp. 138-150

Willem M. Jongman, Jan Jacobs and Geertje M. Klein Goldewijk

Development of regional variety of the biological standard of living in the Netherlands, 1812–1913 pp. 151-161

Vincent Tassenaar

Between the Great War and the Great Depression: preliminary observations on the ‘missing link’ in the history of human stature in Poland pp. 162-168

Michał Kopczyński

Height development of men and women from China, South Korea, and Taiwan during the rapid economic transformation period of the 1960s–1980s pp. 169-180

Daniel Schwekendiek and Joerg Baten

Valkyries: Was gender equality high in the Scandinavian periphery since Viking times? Evidence from enamel hypoplasia and height ratios pp. 181-193

Laura Maravall Buckwalter and Joerg Baten

Homemakers and heights. Intra-household resource allocation and male stature in the Netherlands, 1860–1930 pp. 194-207

Björn Quanjer and Jan Kok

Household wealth and gender gap widening in height: Evidence from adolescents in Ethiopia, India, Peru, and Vietnam pp. 208-215

Le Thuc Duc

The biological standard of living in Indonesia during the 20th century: Evidence from the age at menarche pp. 216-224

Pierre van der Eng and Kitae Sohn

The aggregate income losses from childhood stunting and the returns to a nutrition intervention aimed at reducing stunting pp. 225-238

Emanuela Galasso and Adam Wagstaff

Identifying the limits to socioeconomic influences on human growth pp. 239-251

Daniel J. Hruschka, Joseph V. Hackman and Gert Stulp

Talented but lazy. The height-school premium among Cracow’s schoolboys in the interwar period pp. 252-256

Bartosz Ogórek

Selective mortality and the anthropometric status of children in low- and middle-income countries pp. 257-273

Kenneth Harttgen, Stefan Lang and Johannes Seiler

Does adult height predict later mortality?: Comparative evidence from the Early Indicators samples in the United States pp. 274-285

Sven E. Wilson

The effects of employment on influenza rates pp. 286-295

Sara Markowitz, Erik Nesson and Joshua Robinson

Volume 33, issue C, 2019

Relative concerns and sleep behavior pp. 1-14

Alpaslan Akay, Peter Martinsson and Hilda Ralsmark

Estimating the educational consequences of teenage childbearing: Identification, heterogeneous effects and the value of biological relationship information pp. 15-28

Frank Heiland, Sanders Korenman and Rachel A. Smith

The effects of prenatal exposure to Ramadan on stature during childhood and adolescence: Evidence from the Indonesian Family Life Survey pp. 29-39

Yohanes Sondang Kunto and Jornt J. Mandemakers

Inequality in body mass indices across countries: Evidence from convergence tests pp. 40-57

Roberto Duncan and Patricia Toledo

Labor market engagement and the body mass index of working adults: Evidence from India pp. 58-77

Archana Dang, Pushkar Maitra and Nidhiya Menon

Supermarket access and childhood bodyweight: Evidence from store openings and closings pp. 78-88

Di Zeng, Michael R. Thomsen, Rodolfo Nayga and Judy L. Bennett

Socioeconomic differences in the associations between diabetes and hospital admission and mortality among older adults in Europe pp. 89-100

Beatriz Rodríguez-Sánchez and David Cantarero

Incentive design to boost health for juveniles with Medicaid coverage: Evidence from a field experiment pp. 101-115

Dana Edberg, Sankar Mukhopadhyay and Jeanne Wendel

Retirement and Unexpected Health Shocks pp. 116-123

Bénédicte Apouey, Cahit Guven and Claudia Senik

Do fast food restaurants surrounding schools affect childhood obesity? pp. 124-133

Jebaraj Asirvatham, Michael R. Thomsen, Rodolfo Nayga and Anthony Goudie

Early life environment and adult height: The case of Chile pp. 134-143

Florencia Borrescio-Higa, Carlos Bozzoli and Federico Droller

Overweight and obesity standards and subjective well-being: Evidence from China pp. 144-148

Qiyan Zeng and Xiaohua Yu

Climate change, demographic pressures and global sustainability pp. 149-154

Alok Bhargava

The smoking epidemic across generations, genders, and educational groups: A matter of diffusion of innovations pp. 155-168

Cinzia Di Novi and Anna Marenzi

The impact of conditional cash transfers on nutrition outcomes: Experimental evidence from Mexico pp. 169-180

Natalie Kronebusch and Amy Damon

The legacy lead deposition in soils and its impact on cognitive function in preschool-aged children in the United States pp. 181-192

Karen Clay, Margarita Portnykh and Edson Severnini

How did the 2008-11 financial crisis affect work-related common mental distress? Evidence from 393 workplaces in Great Britain pp. 193-200

Christoph Kronenberg and Jan R. Boehnke

Have Swiss adult males and females stopped growing taller? Evidence from the population-based nutrition survey menuCH, 2014/2015 pp. 201-210

Linda Vinci, Joël Floris, Nikola Koepke, Katarina L. Matthes, Murielle Bochud, Nicole Bender, Sabine Rohrmann, David Faeh and Kaspar Staub

Does austerity really kill? pp. 211-223

Veronica Toffolutti and Marc Suhrcke

Volume 32, issue C, 2019

Closing the rural-urban gap in child malnutrition: Evidence from Paraguay, 1997–2012 pp. 1-10

Paul A. Ervin and Vit Bubak

Autopsing history: The mummy of Charlemagne (c. 747 – 814 AD), father of Europe pp. 11-17

Joachim H. Schleifring, Francesco M. Galassi, Michael E. Habicht and Frank J. Rühli

Sunshine, fertility and racial disparities pp. 18-39

Karen Smith Conway and Jennifer Trudeau

Shrinking in a growing economy is not so puzzling after all pp. 40-55

John Komlos

Volume 31, issue C, 2018

The health care costs of childhood obesity in Australia: An instrumental variables approach pp. 1-13

Nicole Black, Robert Hughes and Andrew Jones

The value of education to health: Evidence from Ireland pp. 14-25

Yuanyuan Ma, Anne Nolan and James Smith

Long-run overweight levels and convergence in body mass index pp. 26-39

Roberto Duncan and Patricia Toledo

The effects of chronic non-communicable diseases on labour force outcomes: Quasi experimental evidence from Sri Lanka pp. 40-53

Ajantha Sisira Kumara and Ramanie Samaratunge

Perceived health risk, environmental knowledge, and contingent valuation for improving air quality: New evidence from the Jinchuan mining area in China pp. 54-68

Zhengtao Li and Bin Hu

Fracking and risky behaviors: Evidence from Pennsylvania pp. 69-82

Trinidad Beleche and Inna Cintina

Intergenerational transmission of nicotine within families: Have e-cigarettes influenced passive smoking? pp. 83-93

Vincenzo Carrieri and Andrew Jones

The Impact of Education on Health Outcomes and Behaviors in a Middle-Income, Low-Education Country pp. 94-114

Bahadır Dursun, Resul Cesur and Naci Mocan

Has the growth in “fast casual” Mexican restaurants impacted weight gain? pp. 115-124

Osea Giuntella

The long-run effects of pandemic influenza on the development of children from elite backgrounds: Evidence from industrializing Japan pp. 125-137

Kota Ogasawara

State dream acts and education, health and mental health of Mexican young adults in the U.S pp. 138-149

Neeraj Kaushal, Julia Shu-Huah Wang and Xiaoning Huang

Measuring effects of SNAP on obesity at the intensive margin pp. 150-163

Lorenzo N. Almada and Rusty Tchernis

How much do conditional cash transfers increase the utilization of maternal and child health care services? New evidence from Janani Suraksha Yojana in India pp. 164-183

Mohammad Mahbubur Rahman and Saseendran Pallikadavath

The effect of cancer on the labor supply of employed men over the age of 65 pp. 184-199

David Candon

Does education attenuate the genetic risk of obesity? Evidence from U.K. Twins pp. 200-208

Vikesh Amin, Paul Dunn and Tim Spector

Smile or die: Can subjective well-being increase survival in the face of substantive health impairments? pp. 209-227

Martin Binder and Guido Buenstorf

Health and economic development since 1900 pp. 228-237

Daniel Gallardo-Albarrán

Night light intensity and women’s body weight: Evidence from Nigeria pp. 238-248

Kibrom Abay and Mulubrhan Amare

Misfortunes never come singly: Consecutive weather shocks and mortality in Russia pp. 249-258

Vladimir Otrachshenko, Olga Popova and Pavel Solomin

Decomposition of changes in the consumption of macronutrients in Vietnam between 2004 and 2014 pp. 259-275

Huong Trinh Thi, Michel Simioni and Christine Thomas-Agnan

The effects of competition outcomes on health: Evidence from the lifespans of U.S. Olympic medalists pp. 276-286

Adriaan Kalwij