The impact of childhood obesity on health and health service use: an instrumental variable approach
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Keywords
Children; Adolescents; Obesity; Body Mass Index; Self-assessed health; Doctor visits; Medication use;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- H51 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Health
- I10 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - General
- I11 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Analysis of Health Care Markets
- I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-DEM-2015-03-13 (Demographic Economics)
- NEP-EUR-2015-03-13 (Microeconomic European Issues)
- NEP-HEA-2015-03-13 (Health Economics)
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