Does a slump really make you thinner?: Finnish micro-level evidence 1978-2002

被引：33

作者：

Bockerman, Petri

Johansson, Edvard

Helakorpi, Satu

Prattala, Ritva

Vartiainen, Erkki

Uutela, Antti

机构：

[1] Labour Inst Econ Res, FIN-00530 Helsinki, Finland

[2] Res Inst Finnish Economy, Helsinki, Finland

[3] Natl Inst Publ Hlth, Helsinki, Finland

来源：

HEALTH ECONOMICS | 2007年 / 16卷 / 01期

关键词：

weight; business cycles; health;

D O I：

10.1002/hec.1156

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

This paper explores the relationship between height-adjusted weight and economic conditions in Finland, using individual microdata for the period 1978-2002. If anything, the results reveal that an improvement in regional economic conditions measured by the employment rate produces a decrease in BMI, other things being equal. The Finnish evidence presented does not support the conclusions reported for the USA, according to which temporary economic slowdowns are good for health. In contrast, at least BMI seems to increase during slumps. Copyright (c) 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

引用

页码：103 / 107

页数：5

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