Climate Preferences, Obesity, and Unobserved Heterogeneity in Cities

Anthony Yezer and Stephen J Popick
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Stephen J Popick: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

The Review of Regional Studies, 2017, vol. 47, issue 3, 309-329

Abstract: Some sources of heterogeneity among cities, i.e. age, gender, race, income, and education, have been the object of substantial inquiry. The reasons are obvious. These differences are easily observed and may have important implications for economic activity. This study considers another potentially important population characteristic, obesity. Descriptive statistics reveal that the intercity variance in obesity rates is substantial. Empirical results demonstrate that demographic and regional amenity variables all help to explain intercity differences in obesity. Because obesity is important for climate preferences, health, and productivity, its omission from previous studies and its correlation with amenity and demographic characteristics could create problems for empirical research.

Keywords: location; obesity; climate preferences; unobserved heterogeneity in cities (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I12 J10 R23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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