Young Adult Obesity and Household Income: Effects of Unconditional Cash Transfers
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Abstract
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)Citation
Akee, Randall, Emilia Simeonova, William Copeland, Adrian Angold, and E. Jane Costello. 2013. "Young Adult Obesity and Household Income: Effects of Unconditional Cash Transfers." American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 5 (2): 1-28. DOI: 10.1257/app.5.2.1Additional Materials
JEL Classification
- D14 Personal Finance
- H23 Taxation and Subsidies: Externalities; Redistributive Effects; Environmental Taxes and Subsidies
- H75 State and Local Government: Health; Education; Welfare; Public Pensions
- I12 Health Production
- J13 Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
- J15 Economics of Minorities, Races, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
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