Social Distortion in Weight Perception: A Decomposition of the Obesity Epidemic
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- Barbieri, Paolo Nicola, 2015. "Social Distortion in Weight Perception: A Decomposition of the Obesity Epidemic," MPRA Paper 68182, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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Keywords
Obesity; non-linear decomposition; social norm;JEL classification:
- D91 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making
- I10 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - General
- I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior
- I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
- Z13 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-HEA-2015-12-08 (Health Economics)
- NEP-SOC-2015-12-08 (Social Norms & Social Capital)
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