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The impact of obesity on wages

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J Cawley - Journal of Human Resources, 2004 - jhr.uwpress.org
Abstract Previous studies of the relationship between body weight and wages have found
mixed results. This paper uses a larger data set and several regression strategies in an
attempt to generate more consistent estimates of the effect of weight on wages. ...
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An empirical examination of information barriers to trade in insurance

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J Cawley… - 1996 - nber.org
This paper tests restrictions implied by the canonical theory of insurance under asymmetric
information using ideal data that contains the self-perceived and actual mortality risk of
individuals, as well as the price and quantity of their life insurance. We report several ...
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Beyond BMI: The value of more accurate measures of fatness and obesity in social science research

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RV Burkhauser… - Journal of Health Economics, 2008 - Elsevier
Virtually all social science research related to obesity studies a person's body mass index
(BMI). Yet there is wide agreement in the medical literature that BMI is seriously flawed
because it does not distinguish fat from fat-free mass such as muscle and bone. This ...
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Body weight and women's labor market outcomes

J Cawley - 2000 - nber.org
Several studies have found that, all else equal, heavier women earn less. Previous research
has been unable to determine whether high weight is the cause of low wages, the result of
low wages, or whether unobserved factors cause both higher weight and lower wages. ...
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Three observations on wages and measured cognitive ability

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J Cawley, J Heckman… - Labour Economics, 2001 - Elsevier
This paper summarizes our recent research on the relationship between wages and
measured cognitive ability. In it, we make three main points. First, we find that wage payment
by ability does vary across race and gender in the US, and that the fraction of wage ...
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Cross-Sectional Comparisons of the Mathematical Performance of Children with Learning Disabilities Are We on the Right Track Toward Comprehensive …

JF Cawley… - Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1989 - ldx.sagepub.com
Page 1. Cross-Sectional Comparisons of the Mathematical Performance of Children
with Learning Disabilities: Are We on the Right Track Toward Comprehensive
Programming? John F. Cawley and James H. Miller This study ...
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An economic framework for understanding physical activity and eating behaviors

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J Cawley - American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2004 - Elsevier
ABSTRACT: This paper offers an economic framework of human behavior with respect to
physical activity and nutrition. Economics offers useful insights into these behaviors because
it is the study of how people allocate their scarce resources of time and money to ...
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Lighting up and slimming down: the effects of body weight and cigarette prices on adolescent smoking initiation

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J Cawley, S Markowitz… - Journal of Health Economics, 2004 - Elsevier
This paper examines the influence of body weight, body image, and cigarette prices in
determining adolescent smoking initiation. Adolescents who desire to lose weight may
initiate smoking as a method of appetite control. Such behavior may undermine the goals ...
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Cognitive ability, wages, and meritocracy

J Cawley, K Conneely, J Heckman… - 1996 - nber.org
This paper presents new evidence from the NLSY on the importance of meritocracy in
American society. In it, we find that general intelligence, or g--a measure of cognitive ability--
is dominant in explaining test score variance. The weights assigned to tests by g are ...
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Cost effectiveness of community-based physical activity interventions

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L Roux, M Pratt, TO Tengs, MM Yore… - American Journal of …, 2008 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Physical inactivity is associated with the increased risk of many chronic
diseases. Such risks decrease with increases in physical activity. This study assessed the
cost-effectiveness of population-wide strategies to promote physical activity in adults and ...
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Including students with disabilities into the general education science classroom

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J Cawley, S Hayden, S Baker-Kroczynski… - Exceptional Children, 2002 - CEC
This article describes a school-based project designed to close the gap between research
and practice by having project staff and teachers work together in the design and
implementation of a science project designed to include junior high school students with ...
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The impact of state physical education requirements on youth physical activity and overweight

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J Cawley, C Meyerhoefer… - Health Economics, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract To combat childhood overweight in the US, which has risen dramatically in the past
three decades, many medical and public health organizations have called for students to
spend more time in physical education (PE) classes. This paper is the first to examine the ...
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Beyond BMI: The value of more accurate measures of fatness and obesity in social science research

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J Cawley… - 2006 - nber.org
Virtually all social science research related to obesity uses body mass index (BMI), usually
calculated using self-reported values of weight and height, or clinical weight classifications
based on BMI. Yet there is wide agreement in the medical literature that such measures ...
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Arithmetic performance of students: Implications for standards and programming

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J Cawley, R Parmar, TE Foley, S Salmon… - Exceptional Children, 2001 - CEC
This article presents a description of the arithmetic performance of students with mild
disabilities and general education students and discusses these data in terms of student
achievement and its implications for standards and programming. The data were obtained ...
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Understanding the role of cognitive ability in accounting for the recent rise in the economic return to education

J Cawley, J Heckman… - 1998 - nber.org
This paper examines the contribution of the rise in the return to ability to the rise in the
economic return to education. All of the evidence on this question comes from panel data
sets in which a small collection of adjacent birth cohorts is followed over time. The ...
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An instrumental variables approach to measuring the effect of body weight on employment disability.

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J Cawley - Health Services Research, 2000 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
OBJECTIVE: To measure the effect of body weight on employment disability. DATA
SOURCES: Female respondents to the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY), a
nationally representative sample of American youth, surveyed from 1979 to 1998, merged ...
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[CITATION] Measuring the effects of cognitive ability

J Cawley, K Conneely… - NBER …, 1996 - NATIONAL BUREAU OF …
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Arithmetic computation performance of students with learning disabilities: Implications for curriculum.

JF Cawley, RS Parmar, W Yan… - … Disabilities Research & …, 1998 - psycnet.apa.org
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Markets and childhood obesity policy

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J Cawley - The future of children, 2006 - JSTOR
In examining the childhood obesity epidemic from the perspective of economics, John
Cawley looks at both possible causes and possible policy solutions that work through
markets. The operation of markets, says Cawley, has contributed to the recent increase in ...
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A comparison of the relationship between obesity and earnings in the US and Germany

J Cawley, MM Grabka… - Schmollers Jahrbuch: Journal of …, 2005 - ideas.repec.org
This paper investigates and compares the relationship between obesity and earnings in the
US and Germany. Using data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (US) and the
German Socio-Economic Panel, instrumental variables models are estimated that account ...
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Meritocracy in America: Wages within and across Occupations

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J Cawley, J Heckman… - Industrial Relations: A …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
In The Bell Curve, Herrnstein and Murray argue that the US economy is a meritocracy in
which differences in wages (including differences across race and gender) are explained by
differences in cognitive ability. In this article we test their claim for wages conditional on ...
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[CITATION] Cognitive ability and the rising return to education

J Cawley, J Heckman, E Vytlacil… - 1998 - National Bureau of Economic …
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Maternal employment and childhood obesity: A search for mechanisms in time use data

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J Cawley… - 2007 - nber.org
Recent research has found that maternal employment is associated with an increased risk of
childhood obesity. This paper explores mechanisms for that correlation. We estimate models
of instrumental variables using a unique dataset, the American Time Use Survey, that ...
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Obesity and skill attainment in early childhood

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J Cawley… - Economics & Human Biology, 2008 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the association between obesity and skill attainment in early
childhood (aged 2–3 years). Data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study are used
to estimate models of developmental functioning in four critical areas (verbal skills, ...
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Occupation-specific absenteeism costs associated with obesity and morbid obesity

J Cawley, JA Rizzo… - Journal of Occupational and …, 2007 - journals.lww.com
Methods: Data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey for 2000-2004 are examined.
The outcomes are probability of missing any work in the previous year and number of days
of work missed in the previous year. Predictors include clinical weight classification, age, ...
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The economics of childhood obesity

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J Cawley - Health Affairs, 2010 - Health Affairs
Abstract In the past few decades, obesity rates among American children have skyrocketed.
Although many factors have played a part in this unhealthy increase, this paper focuses on
how economic policies may be contributing to our children's growing girth and how these ...
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Science for students with disabilities

JF Cawley - Remedial and Special Education, 1994 - rse.sagepub.com
Page 1. Science for Students with Disabilities JOHN F . CAWLEY ABSTRACT T 1 HE PURPOSES
OF THIS PAPER ARE TO INTRODUCE THIS SPECIAL SERIES AND TO PRESENT A
FRAMEWORK FOR SCIENCE FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES. THE PAPER REVIEWS ...
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Vocational education and students with learning disabilities

JF Cawley, H Kahn… - Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1989 - ldx.sagepub.com
Page 1. Vocational Education and Students with Learning Disabilities John F. Cawley,
Harris Kahn, and Angelo Tedesco This inquiry focuses on the status of nearly 500
students with learning disabilities in 17 state-operated ...
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Preparing teachers to teach mathematics to students with learning disabilities

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RS Parmar… - Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1997 - ldx.sagepub.com
Page 1. Preparing Teachers to Teach Mathematics to Students with Learning
Disabilities Rene S. Parmar and John F. Cawley Abstract The purpose of this article
is to put forth a discussion of teacher preparation in mathematics ...
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Size Matters

J Cawley, K Joyner… - Rationality and Society, 2006 - rss.sagepub.com
Abstract We examine the relationship between body size (specifically, weight and height)
and dating and sexual activity using two large, nationally representative, longitudinal data
sets. Our conceptual framework assumes that the utility an adolescent derives from dating ...
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Contingent valuation analysis of willingness to pay to reduce childhood obesity

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J Cawley - Economics & Human Biology, 2008 - Elsevier
Several recent surveys have asked Americans whether they support policies to reduce
childhood obesity. There is reason for skepticism of such surveys because people are not
confronted with the tax costs of such policies when they are asked whether they support ...
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Morbid obesity and the transition from welfare to work

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J Cawley… - Journal of Policy Analysis and …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract This paper utilizes a rich longitudinal data set—the Women's Employment Study
(WES)—to investigate whether obesity, which is common among women of low
socioeconomic status, is a barrier to employment and earnings for current and former ...
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On policies to reward the value added by educators

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J Cawley, J Heckman… - Review of Economics and Statistics, 1999 - MIT Press
One current educational reform seeks to reward the “value added” by teachers and schools
based on the average change in pupil test scores over time. In this paper, we outline the
conditions under which the average change in scores is sufficient to rank schools in terms ...
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Health insurance coverage and the macroeconomy

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J Cawley… - Journal of Health Economics, 2005 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the relationship between the macroeconomy and health insurance
coverage for non-elderly Americans. We find that, for men, state unemployment rate is
positively correlated with the probability of health insurance coverage in general and ...
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The medical care costs of obesity: an instrumental variables approach

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J Cawley… - Journal of Health Economics, 2011 - Elsevier
Abstract This paper is the first to use the method of instrumental variables (IV) to estimate the
impact of obesity on medical costs in order to address the endogeneity of weight and to
reduce the bias from reporting error in weight. Models are estimated using restricted-use ...
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The cost-effectiveness of programs to prevent or reduce obesity: the state of the literature and a future research agenda

J Cawley - Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, 2007 - Am Med Assoc
The unit of benefit typically used is the quality-adjusted life-year (QALY). 14 (Strictly
speaking, a cost-effectiveness study that uses the QALY as its measure of benefit is a cost-utility
analysis, but I follow convention 14 and refer to it more generally as CEA.) The value of ...
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Arithmetic programming for students with disabilities

JF Cawley… - Remedial and Special Education, 1992 - rse.sagepub.com
Page 1. Special Issue Article Arithmetic Programming for Students with Disabilities:
An Alternative John F. Cawley and Rene S. Parmar This article discusses arithmetic
instruction for students with disabilities that differs substantially ...
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Challenging the routines and passivity that characterize arithmetic instruction for children with mild handicaps

RS Parmar… - Remedial and Special Education, 1991 - rse.sagepub.com
Page 1. Feature Article Challenging the Routines and Passivity That Characterize
Arithmetic Instruction for Children with Mild Handicaps Rene S. Parmar and John
F. Cawley This article challenges the notion that rote practice ...
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LD youth and mathematics: A review of characteristics

JF Cawley, AM Fitzmaurice, R Shaw, H Kahn… - Learning Disability …, 1979 - JSTOR
Page 1. MATH CHARACTERISTICS LD YOUTH AND MATHEMATICS: A REVIEW
OF CHARACTERISTICS John F. Cawley, Anne M. Fitzmaurice, -Robert Shaw, Harris
Kahn, & Herman Bates, III This represents the second in ...
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[PDF] Arithmetic computation abilities of students with learning disabilities: Implications for instruction

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JF Cawley, RS Parmar, WF Yan… - … Disabilities Research & …, 1996 - digilib.bc.edu
Page 1. Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 11(4), 230-237 Copyright © 1996,
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. Arithmetic Computation Abilities of Students
With Learning Disabilities: Implications for Instruction John ...
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Body weight and the dating and sexual behaviors of young adolescents

J Cawley - Social awakening: Adolescent behavior as adulthood …, 2001 - books.google.com
In chapter 5 of this volume, Michael and Bickert examine the determinants of adolescents'
early sexual behaviors. In chapter 4, Moore focuses on the correlation between sexual debut
and race, family structure, and parental discipline. This chapter focuses more narrowly, ...
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Science and students with mild disabilities

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JF Cawley, TE Foley… - Intervention in School and Clinic, 2003 - isc.sagepub.com
Page 1. 160 INTERVENTION IN SCHOOL AND CLINIC VOL. 38, NO. 3, JANUARY
2003 (PP. 160–171) There is a substantial need to address specially de- signed
instruction in science for students with mild disabilities and ...
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Factor substitution in nursing homes

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J Cawley, DC Grabowski… - Journal of health economics, 2006 - Elsevier
This paper studies factor substitution in one important sector: the nursing home industry.
Specifically, we measure the extent to which nursing homes substitute materials for labor
when labor becomes relatively more expensive. From a policy perspective, factor ...
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Mathematics and learning disabled youth: The upper grade levels

JF Cawley, AM Fitzmaurice, RA Shaw… - Learning Disability …, 1978 - JSTOR
Page 1. MATHEMATICS MATHEMATICS AND LEARNING DISABLED YOUTH:
THE UPPER GRADE LEVELS' John F. Cawley, Anne M. Fitzmaurice, -Robert A.
Shaw, Harris Kahn, Herman Bates, III Compared to disorders in ...
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Obesity, disability, and movement onto the disability insurance rolls

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R Burkhauser, J Cawley - 2008 - papers.ssrn.com
Abstract: Between the early 1980s and 2002, both the prevalence of obesity and the number
of beneficiaries of the Social Security Disability Insurance program doubled. We test whether
these trends are related; specifically, we test whether obesity causes disability and ...
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Obesity as a barrier to the transition from welfare to work

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J Cawley… - 2004 - nber.org
This paper utilizes a rich longitudinal data set--the Women's Employment Study (WES) to
investigate whether obesity, which is common among women of low socioeconomic status,
is a barrier to employment and earnings for current and former welfare recipients. We find ...
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Model for Arithmetical Programing for Handicapped Children.

JF Cawley… - Exceptional Children, 1972 - eric.ed.gov
EJ064858 - Model for Arithmetical Programing for Handicapped Children.
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Seeking Excellence in Mathematics Education for Students with Mild Disabilities.

JF Cawley - Teaching Exceptional Children, 1992 - eric.ed.gov
EJ439588 - Seeking Excellence in Mathematics Education for Students with Mild Disabilities.
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[BOOK] Mathematics for the Mildly Handicapped. A Guide to Curriculum and Instruction.

JF Cawley - 1988 - eric.ed.gov
ED302391 - Mathematics for the Mildly Handicapped. A Guide to Curriculum and Instruction.
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Math word problems: Suggestions for LD students

JF Cawley, AM Fitzmaurice, RA Shaw… - Learning Disability …, 1979 - JSTOR
Page 1. MATH WORD PROBLEMS C A w L E Y e t a 1. MATH WORD PROBLEMS:
SUGGESTIONS FOR LD STUDENTS John F. Cawley, Anne M. Fitzmaurice, Robert
A. Shaw, Harris Kahn, and Herman Bates, III This represents ...
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Mechanisms for the association between maternal employment and child cognitive development

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J Cawley… - 2007 - nber.org
Recent research has found that maternal employment is associated with worse child
performance on tests of cognitive ability. This paper explores mechanisms for that
correlation. We estimate models of instrumental variables using a unique dataset, the ...
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Literacy proficiency and science for students with learning disabilities

JF Cawley… - Reading and Writing Quarterly, 2001 - ingentaconnect.com
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Mathematics assessment for students with mild disabilities: An exploration of content validity

RS Parmar, R Frazita… - Learning Disability Quarterly, 1996 - JSTOR
Page 1. MATHEMATICS ASSESSMENT FOR STUDENTS WITH MILD DISABILITIES:
AN EXPLORATION OF CONTENT VALIDITY Rene S. Parmar, Richard Frazita, and
John F Cawley Abstract. This article examines the content ...
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Strategies for Implementing School‐Located Influenza Vaccination of Children: A Systematic Literature Review

J Cawley, HF Hull… - Journal of School Health, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND: The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommends
influenza vaccinations for all children 6 months to 18 years of age, which includes school-
aged children. Influenza immunization programs may benefit schools by reducing ...
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The job market for new economists: A market design perspective

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P Coles, J Cawley, PB Levine… - The Journal of …, 2010 - ingentaconnect.com
Abstract: This paper, written by the members of the American Economic Association (AEA)
Ad Hoc Committee on the Job Market, provides an overview of the market for new Ph. D.
economists. It describes the role of the AEA in the market and focuses in particular on two ...
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The Slow Learner and the Reading Problem.

JF Cawley - 1972 - eric.ed.gov
ED074463 - The Slow Learner and the Reading Problem.
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Comparisons in reading and reading-related tasks among students with average intellectual ability and students with mild mental retardation.

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5. The labor market impact of obesity

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JH Cawley - Obesity, business, and public policy, 2007 - books.google.com
Page 93. 5. The labor market impact of obesity John H. Cawley1 The prevalence
of obesity in the USA has risen dramatically in the last several decades. Obesity,
defined as when a person has a body mass index (BMI) of 30 ...
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The timing of the rise in US obesity varies with measure of fatness

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RV Burkhauser, J Cawley… - Economics & Human Biology, 2009 - Elsevier
There are several ways to measure fatness and obesity, each with its own strengths and
weaknesses. The primary measure for tracking the prevalence of obesity has historically
been body mass index (BMI). This paper compares long-run trends in the prevalence of ...
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The impact of income on the weight of elderly Americans

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J Cawley, JR Moran… - 2008 - nber.org
This paper tests whether income affects the body weight and clinical weight classification of
elderly Americans using a natural experiment that led otherwise identical retirees to receive
significantly different Social Security payments based on their year of birth. We exploit this ...
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An examination of the reading performance of students with mild educational handicaps or learning disabilities

JF Cawley, JH Miller… - Journal of learning disabilities, 1990 - ldx.sagepub.com
Page 1. An Examination of the Reading Performance of Students with Mild Educational
Handicaps or Learning Disabilities John F. Cawley, James H. Miller, and Sonya C. Carr Reading
performance is a primary concern in both regular and special education. ...
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How did welfare reform affect the health insurance coverage of women and children?

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J Cawley, M Schroeder… - Health Services Research, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Data Source. 1992–1999 longitudinal data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation
(SIPP) merged with data on the timing of state implementation of welfare reform after 1996. Two
key advantages of the SIPP data are that they permit matching type of insurance ...
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Obesity, cigarette prices, youth access laws and adolescent smoking initiation

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J Cawley, S Markowitz… - Eastern Economic Journal, 2006 - JSTOR
During the 1990s the prevalence of smoking and the prevalence of obesity increased
among US adolescents. In the Monitoring the Future Study, the percent of twelfth-graders
who report having smoked any cigarettes in the last thirty days rose from 28.3 percent in ...
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Mathematics Curricula Frameworks: Goals for General and Special Education.

RS Parmar… - Focus on Learning Problems in Mathematics, 1995 - eric.ed.gov
EJ516818 - Mathematics Curricula Frameworks: Goals for General and Special Education.
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Selected views on metacognition, arithmetic problem solving, and learning disabilities.

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Tobacco control policies and youth smoking: evidence from a new era

JA Tauras, S Markowitz… - 2005 - emeraldinsight.com
Abstract: This chapter examines the impact of cigarette prices, taxes, and tobacco control
policies on youth and young adult smoking propensity and intensity in the US during the
years 1997–2001, a period characterized by significant changes in cigarette prices and ...
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Mathematics Interventions and Students with High-Incidence Disabilities.

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JF Cawley - Remedial and Special Education, 2002 - eric.ed.gov
EJ641048 - Mathematics Interventions and Students with High-Incidence Disabilities.
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HMO participation in Medicare+ Choice

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J Cawley, M Chernew… - Journal of Economics & …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years, many health maintenance organizations (HMOs) have exited Medicare+
Choice (M+ C), the program that provides a managed-care option to Medicare. This paper
answers the following questions: How does the equilibrium number of HMOs participating ...
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Mathematics as Communication: Using the Interactive Unit.

JF Cawley… - Teaching Exceptional Children, 1996 - eric.ed.gov
EJ513565 - Mathematics as Communication: Using the Interactive Unit.
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Interrelationships among mental abilities, reading, language arts, and arithmetic with the mentally handicapped

JF Cawley… - The Arithmetic Teacher, 1968 - JSTOR
... JOHN F. CAWLEY and JOHN O. GOODMAN The University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut
John Cawley is associate professor of education and chairman of the department of educational
psychology. His major interest is in the study of mentally handicapped children. ...
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[BOOK] Developmental Teaching of Mathematics for the Learning Disabled.

JF Cawley - 1984 - eric.ed.gov
ED247100 - Developmental Teaching of Mathematics for the Learning Disabled.
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The earnings of US health economists

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J Cawley… - Journal of health economics, 2007 - Elsevier
This paper presents data from a 2005 survey of health economists who were US members of
the International Health Economics Association or the Health Economics Special Interest
Group of Academy Health. We present summary statistics of health economist earnings by ...
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The economics of risky health behaviors

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J Cawley, C Ruhm - 2011 - nber.org
Risky health behaviors such as smoking, drinking alcohol, drug use, unprotected sex, and
poor diets and sedentary lifestyles (leading to obesity) are a major source of preventable
deaths. This chapter overviews the theoretical frameworks for, and empirical evidence on, ...
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Body weight and matching with a physically attractive romantic partner

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JH Carmalt, J Cawley, K Joyner… - Journal of Marriage and …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Matching and attribute trade are two perspectives used to explain mate selection. We
investigated patterns of matching and trade, focusing on obesity, using Add Health Romantic
Pair data (N= 1,405 couples). Obese individuals, relative to healthy weight individuals, ...
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Health economists' views of health policy

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MA Morrisey… - Journal of Health Politics, Policy and …, 2008 - Duke Univ Press
Abstract This article reports the views of a national survey of US health economists on a
series of questions ranging from mergers among health care providers to the profits of
pharmaceutical manufacturers to fundamental health care reform. We find a high degree ...
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The correlation of youth physical activity with state policies

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J Cawley, C Meyerhoefer… - Contemporary Economic …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Childhood overweight has risen dramatically in the United States during the past three
decades. The search for policy solutions is limited by a lack of evidence regarding the
effectiveness of state policies for increasing physical activity among youths. This paper ...
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The association of diabetes with job absenteeism costs among obese and morbidly obese workers

J Cawley, JA Rizzo… - Journal of Occupational and …, 2008 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To determine the extent to which absenteeism costs associated with obesity and
morbid obesity are traceable to diabetes, and whether obesity and morbid obesity remain
predictors of absenteeism costs after controlling for diabetes. Methods: Data from the ...
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Arithmetical problem solving: A demonstration with the mentally handicapped.

JF Cawley… - Exceptional Children, 1969 - psycnet.apa.org
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An evaluation of a junior high school reading improvement program

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JF Cawley, J Chaffin… - Journal of Reading, 1965 - JSTOR
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Mathematics Assessment for Students with Mild Disabilities: Frameworks and Practices.

JF Cawley… - Learning Disabilities: A Contemporary Journal, 2003 - eric.ed.gov
EJ853080 - Mathematics Assessment for Students with
Mild Disabilities: Frameworks and Practices.
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Reading and Psychomotor Disability Among Mentally Retarded and Average Children.

JF Cawley - 1968 - eric.ed.gov
ED046654 - Reading and Psychomotor Disability Among Mentally Retarded and Average Children.
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The importance of objective health measures in predicting early receipt of Social Security benefits: The case of fatness

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R Burkhauser, J Cawley - 2008 - papers.ssrn.com
Abstract: Theoretical models argue that poor health will contribute to early exit from the labor
market and the decision to take early Social Security retirement benefits (Old-Age or OA
benefits). However, most empirical estimates of the causal importance of health on the ...
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Outcomes in a program that offers financial rewards for weight loss

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Obesity rates in the US have doubled since 1980. Given the medical, social, and financial
costs of obesity, a large percentage of Americans are attempting to lose weight at any given
time but the vast majority of weight loss attempts fail. Researchers continue to search for ...
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Factor Substitution and Unobserved Factor Quality in Nursing Homes

J Cawley, DC Grabowski… - 2004 - nber.org
This paper studies factor substitution in one important sector: the nursing home industry.
Specifically, we measure the extent to which nursing homes substitute materials for labor
when labor becomes relatively more expensive. From a policy perspective, factor ...
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The impact of macroeconomic conditions on the health insurance coverage of Americans

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J Cawley… - Forum for Health Economics & Policy, 2003 - degruyter.com
In March 2001, the longest economic expansion in US history ended, and an economic
recession began. This paper seeks to provide a better understanding of the historical
relationship between macroeconomic variables and health insurance coverage.
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What explains race and gender differences in the relationship between obesity and wages?

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J Cawley - Gender Issues, 2003 - Springer
Abstract Previous research has consistently found strong race and gender differences in the
correlation between obesity and wages. This paper tests four possible explanations for
these differences:(1) there is voluntary sorting of the obese into jobs with better health ...
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US health economists: who we are and what we do

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MA Morrisey… - Health economics, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract This paper reports the results of a Fall 2005 survey of US health economists, the
first in over 18 years. Where appropriate, the results are compared with the earlier findings of
Feldman and Morrisey (J. Health Politics Policy Law 1990; 15 (3): 627–646). The paper ...
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A brief inquiry of arithmetic word-problem-solving among learning disabled secondary students.

JF Cawley, JH Miller - Learning Disabilities Focus, 1987 - psycnet.apa.org
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[CITATION] Cognitive strategies and mathematics for the learning disabled

JF Cawley - 1985 - Aspen Systems Corp.
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Structuring Word Problems for Diagnostic Teaching: Helping Teachers Meet the Needs of Children with Mild Disabilities.

RS Parmar… - Teaching Exceptional Children, 1994 - eric.ed.gov
EJ483463 - Structuring Word Problems for Diagnostic Teaching: Helping
Teachers Meet the Needs of Children with Mild Disabilities.
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PRODUCTIVE THINKING IN RETARDED AND NON‐RETARDED CHILDREN*

JF CAWLEY… - British Journal of Educational …, 1967 - Wiley Online Library
Page 1. PRODUCTIVE THINKING IN RETARDED AND NON-RETARDED CHILDREN*
BY JOHN F. CAWLEY AND DONNA V. CHASE (University of Connecticut) SUMMARY.
Three categories of productive thinking measures ...
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Performance of Head Start and non-Head Start participants at first grade

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JF Cawley, WH Burrow… - The Journal of Negro Education, 1970 - JSTOR
Page 1. Performance of Head Start and Non-Head Start Participants at First Grade JOHN
F. CAWLBY, Professor of Education, University of Connecticut; WILL H. BuRRow, Director
of Education and Training, Central Connecticut Regional ...
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The Earnings of University Faculty in Health Administration: What Characteristics Influence Pay?

N Menachemi, MA Morrisey… - Journal of Health …, 2009 - ingentaconnect.com
Abstract: We present data from a February 2009 survey of health administration faculty
members employed in programs recognized by the Association of University Programs of
Health Administration or are US-based academic members of the Academy of ...
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[CITATION] Reefer Madness, Frank the Tank or Pretty Woman: To What Extent Do Addictive Behaviors Respond to Incentives?

J Cawley - Incentives and Choice in Health Care, The MIT Press, …, 2008
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Obesity and Developmental Functioning Among Children Aged 2-4 Years

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Abstract: In developed countries, obesity tends to be associated with worse labor market
outcomes. One possible reason is that obesity leads to less human capital formation early in
life. This paper investigates the association between obesity and the developmental ...
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Learning aptitudes among preschool children of different intellectual levels

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JF Cawley - The Journal of Negro Education, 1968 - JSTOR
Page 1. Section E: Learning Aptitudes Among Preschool Children of Different Intellectual
Levels JoNm F. CAWLEY Associate Professor of Education, The University of
Connecticut INTRODUCTION THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER ...
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About the mathematics of division: Implications for students with disabilities

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Page 1. EXCEPTIONALITY, 11(3), 131–149 Copyright © 2003, Lawrence Erlbaum
Associates, Inc. ARTICLES About the Mathematics of Division: Implications for
Students With Disabilities Teresa E. Foley and John F. Cawley ...
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[CITATION] Reading performance among the mentally handicapped: a problem in assessment.

JF Cawley - The Training school bulletin, 1966 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
1. Train Sch Bull (Vinel). 1966 May;63(1):11-6. Reading performance among the mentally
handicapped: a problem in assessment. Cawley JF. PMID: 5940373 [PubMed - indexed
for MEDLINE]. MeSH Terms. Child; Dyslexia/diagnosis ...
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The determination of" apparent" pKa's: An experiment for liberal arts or science students

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JJ Cawley - Journal of chemical education, 1993 - ACS Publications
Page 1. The Determination of "Apparent" pK& An Experiment for Liberal Arts or Science Students
John J. Cawley Villanova University, Villanova, PA 19085 This experiment is adapted from one
that is presented by Helmkamp and Johnson (I). It avoids any weighings. ...
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