Is being in school better? The impact of school on children's BMI when starting age is endogenous

In this paper, we investigate the impact of attending school on body weight and obesity using a regression-discontinuity design. As is the case with academic outcomes, school exposure is related to unobserved determinants of weight outcomes because some families choose to have their child start scho...

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Volume:	30
Main Author:	Anderson, Patricia M Butcher, Kristin F Cascio, Elizabeth U Schanzenbach, Diane Whitmore
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Zielgruppe:	Academic
Place of publication:	AMSTERDAM Elsevier B.V 01.09.2011 ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
published in:	Journal of health economics Vol. 30; no. 5; pp. 977 - 986
Data of publication:	September 2011
ISSN:	0167-6296 1879-1646
EISSN:	1879-1646
Discipline:	Public Health Economics
Subjects:	School health policies School starting age Childhood obesity Economics Social Sciences Life Sciences & Biomedicine Health Care Sciences & Services Business & Economics Health Policy & Services Science & Technology Body Mass Index Regression Analysis United States - epidemiology Age Distribution Humans Obesity - epidemiology Female Male Social Environment Child Schools Empirical Research Medical policy Obesity in children Health administration United States I21 School health policies School starting age Childhood obesity I12 I14 HEAD-START
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