Does a slump really make you thinner? Finnish micro-level evidence 1978-2002

Health Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 103-107

  Böckerman, Petri ^a   Johansson, Edvard ^b   Helakorpi, Satu ^c   Prättälä, Ritva ^c   Vartiainen, Erkki ^c   Uutela, Antti ^c  

^a LABOUR INSTITUTE FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (Finland)

^b Elinkeinoelaman Tutkimuslaitos   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Business cycles; Health; Weight

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC;

EID: 33846424270     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1156     Document Type: Article

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