Young Adult Obesity and Household Income: Effects of Unconditional Cash Transfers

被引：57

作者：

Akee, Randall ^{[1
]}

Simeonova, Emilia ^{[2
,3
,4
]}

Copeland, William ^{[5
]}

Angold, Adrian ^{[5
]}

Costello, E. Jane ^{[5
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Dept Publ Policy, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA

[2] Tufts Univ, Dept Econ, Medford, MA 02155 USA

[3] Princeton Univ, Ctr Hlth & Wellbeing, Princeton, NJ 08544 USA

[4] Natl Bur Econ Res, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA

[5] Duke Univ, Med Ctr, Dept Psychiat & Behav Sci, Ctr Dev Epidemiol, Durham, NC 27710 USA

来源：

AMERICAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL-APPLIED ECONOMICS | 2013年 / 5卷 / 02期

关键词：

SOCIOECONOMIC-STATUS; FAMILY INCOME; HEAD-START; HEALTH; IMPACT; CHILDHOOD; WEIGHT; AGE; OVERWEIGHT; CHILDREN;

D O I：

10.1257/app.5.2.1

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

We investigate the effect of household cash transfers during childhood on young adult body mass indexes (BMI). The effects of extra income differ depending on the household's initial socioeconomic status (SES). Children from the initially poorest households have a larger increase in BMI relative to children from initially wealthier households. Several alternative mechanisms are examined. Initial SES holds up as the most likely channel behind the heterogeneous effects of extra income on young adult BMI. (JEL D14, H23, H75, I12, J13, J15)

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