کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
983388 1480482 2006 16 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Structural estimation of caloric intake, exercise, smoking, and obesity
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم انسانی و اجتماعی اقتصاد، اقتصادسنجی و امور مالی اقتصاد و اقتصادسنجی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Structural estimation of caloric intake, exercise, smoking, and obesity
چکیده انگلیسی

The escalating rate of obesity in the US highlights the importance of understanding the causes for this rise. In this paper I employ the First, Second, and Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys to estimate a structural model of the determinants of adult obesity. To control for the potential endogeneity of some explanatory variables, such as caloric intake (adjusted for activity level) and smoking, a set of reduced form equations for these outcomes is estimated simultaneously with the obesity equation. To identify each equation, I use an array of state-level characteristics as instrumental variables. Trends in these variables shed light on the sources of the rapid increase in obesity since 1980.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance - Volume 46, Issue 2, May 2006, Pages 268–283
نویسندگان
,