Maternal full-time employment and overweight children: Parametric, semi-parametric, and non-parametric assessment

Journal of Econometrics

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 61-69

  Liu, Echu ^a   Hsiao, Cheng ^b,c,d   Matsumoto, Tomoya ^e   Chou, Shinyi ^f  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e NATIONAL GRADUATE INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES   (Japan)

^f LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Maternal employment; Overweight children

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS INDEX; FULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT; MATERNAL EMPLOYMENT; NON-PARAMETRIC; NONPARAMETRIC METHODS; OVERWEIGHT CHILDREN; SEMIPARAMETRIC; SPECIFICATION TEST;

EMPLOYMENT;

EID: 68649089941     PISSN: 03044076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconom.2009.02.003     Document Type: Article

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