Econometrics, Statistics and Computational Approaches in Food and Health Sciences

Bhargava, Alok

Econometrics, Statistics and Computational Approaches in Food and Health Sciences

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Abstract: This book is a compendium of Alok Bhargava's most important contributions in longitudinal econometric methods and its application to problems of food, nutrition and health. It demonstrates the usefulness of rigorous econometric and statistical methods in addressing issues of under-nutrition and poor child health in developing countries, as well as obesity in developed countries.

Keywords: Econometrics; Nutrition; Health; Child Development; Psychology; Behavioral Nutrition; Demography; Anthropology; Economic Development; Agricultural Economics; Environmental Sciences; Epidemiology; Nonlinear Optimization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
ISBN: 9789812568410
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 ESTIMATING DYNAMIC RANDOM EFFECTS MODELS FROM PANEL DATA COVERING SHORT TIME PERIODS , pp 3-27: Alok Bhargava and J. Sargan
Ch 2 WALD TESTS AND SYSTEMS OF STOCHASTIC EQUATIONS , pp 29-48: Alok Bhargava
Ch 3 Identification and Panel Data Models with Endogenous Regressors , pp 49-60: Alok Bhargava
Ch 4 Serial Correlation and the Fixed Effects Model , pp 61-77: Alok Bhargava, L. Franzini and W. Narendranathan
Ch 5 Estimating Short and Long Run Income Elasticities of Foods and Nutrients for Rural South India , pp 81-98: Alok Bhargava
Ch 6 DOES HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION BEHAVE AS A MARTINGALE? A TEST FOR RURAL SOUTH INDIA , pp 99-103: Alok Bhargava and Martin Ravallion
Ch 7 Dietary Intakes and Socioeconomic Factors Are Associated with the Hemoglobin Concentration of Bangladeshi Women , pp 105-111: Alok Bhargava, Howarth Bouis and Nevin S. Scrimshaw
Ch 8 Malnutrition and the Role of Individual Variation with Evidence from India and the Philippines , pp 113-123: Alok Bhargava
Ch 9 Nutritional status and the allocation of time in Rwandese households , pp 125-143: Alok Bhargava
Ch 10 Requirements for What? Is the Measurement of Energy Expenditure a Sufficient Estimate of Energy Needs? , pp 145-149: Alok Bhargava and Peter J. Reeds
Ch 11 Modelling the Health of Filipino Children , pp 153-168: Alok Bhargava
Ch 12 Modeling the Effects of Nutritional and Socioeconomic Factors on the Growth and Morbidity of Kenyan School Children , pp 169-178: Alok Bhargava
Ch 13 Coliforms in the Water and Hemoglobin Concentration Are Predictors of Gastrointestinal Morbidity of Bangladeshi Children Ages 1–10 Years , pp 179-189: Alok Bhargava, Howarth Bouis, Kelly Hallman and Bilqis A. Hoque
Ch 14 Modeling the Effects of Maternal Nutritional Status and Socioeconomic Variables on the Anthropometric and Psychological Indicators of Kenyan Infants From Age 0–6 Months , pp 191-206: Alok Bhargava
Ch 15 A Dynamic Model for the Cognitive Development of Kenyan Schoolchildren , pp 207-211: Alok Bhargava
Ch 16 Anthelmintic treatment improves the hemoglobin and serum ferritin concentrations of Tanzanian schoolchildren , pp 213-223: Alok Bhargava, Matthew Jukes, Jane Lambo, C. M. Kihamia, W. Lorri, Catherine Nokes, Lesley Drake and Donald Bundy
Ch 17 Modeling the Effects of Health Status and the Educational Infrastructure on the Cognitive Development of Tanzanian Schoolchildren , pp 225-237: Alok Bhargava, Matthew Jukes, Damaris Ngorosho, Charles Khilma and Donald A. P. Bundy
Ch 18 AIDS epidemic and the psychological well-being and school participation of Ethiopian orphans , pp 239-251: Alok Bhargava
Ch 19 Stochastic specification and the international GDP series , pp 255-268: Alok Bhargava
Ch 20 Modeling the effects of health on economic growth , pp 269-286: Alok Bhargava, Dean T. Jamison, Lawrence J. Lau and Christopher J. L. Murray
Ch 21 A Longitudinal Analysis of Infant and Child Mortality Rates in Developing Countries , pp 289-301: Alok Bhargava and Jiang Yu
Ch 22 Family planning, gender differences and infant mortality: evidence from Uttar Pradesh, India , pp 303-318: Alok Bhargava
Ch 23 Healthcare infrastructure, contraceptive use and infant mortality in Uttar Pradesh, India , pp 319-335: Alok Bhargava, Sadia Chowdhury and K. K. Singh
Ch 24 ESTIMATING THE VARIATIONS AND AUTOCORRELATIONS IN DIETARY INTAKES ON WEEKDAYS AND WEEKENDS , pp 339-352: Alok Bhargava, Ronald Forthofer, McPHERSON Susie and Milton Nichaman
Ch 25 Behavioral variables and education are predictors of dietary change in the Women's Health Trial: Feasibility Study in Minority Populations , pp 353-362: Alok Bhargava and Jennifer Hays
Ch 26 Socio-economic and behavioural factors are predictors of food use in the National Food Stamp Program Survey , pp 363-372: Alok Bhargava
Ch 27 Unhealthy eating habits, physical exercise and macronutrient intakes are predictors of anthropometric indicators in the Women's Health Trial: Feasibility Study in Minority Populations , pp 373-382: Alok Bhargava and Joanne Guthrie

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